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Italian Forgers
2024
Overview
Italian Forgers takes an
unorthodox approach to the fascinating topic of art forgery,
focusing not on art forgery per se, but on the major forgery
scandals that shifted the Italian art market in response to
constant, and often intense, demand for Italian objects.
By focusing on power dynamics that both precipitated forgery
scandals and forged Italian cultural identities, this book connects
the debates and discussions about three well-known Italian
forgers-Giovanni Bastianini, Icilio Joni, and Alceo Dossena-to
anchor and investigate the mechanics of the Italian art market from
unification through the fascist era.
Carol Helstosky examines foreign accounts of transactions and
Italian writings about the art market. The actions and words of
Italian dealers illustrate how the Italian art and antiquities
market was an undeniably modern industry, on par with tourism in
terms of its contribution to the Italian economy and to
understandings of Italian identity. These accounts also reveal how
dealers, artists, go-betweens, guides, and restorers worked to not
only meet the intense demand for Italian products but also to
develop highly sophisticated business practices to maintain
financial stability and respond to shifts in demand consciously
(but not always conscientiously).
Italian Forgers weaves a compelling narrative about the
history of Italian identity, forgery, and the value of the past. As
a result, Helstosky brings historical perspective to the study of
art forgery and art fraud. She reveals how historical circumstances
and structural imbalances of cultural power shaped the market for
art and antiquities and amplified incidents of art deception and
forgery scandals.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Subject
ISBN
9781501774577, 1501774573, 1501774581, 9781501774584, 150177459X, 9781501774591
