www.ArtandScienceHandbook.com
The
most complete and updated handbook on the ascertainment of authenticity
in art and antiques with 540 pages and more than 2,000 colour illustrations
in 3 volumes and 3 languages.

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How to buy it: by e-mail click here - at the Museum in Milan
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PUBLISHER:
via Q. Sella,4 - I-20121 -Milano -Italy tel:+390272022488 email: info@museoartescienza.com |
| Prices per volume, purchased at Milan Museum or by e-mail | Vol. I € 40.00 / $ 55 - Vol. II € 30.00 / $ 40 - Vol. III € 30.00 / $ 40 |
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| ISBN code for purchase in bookshops of "The Art Collector's Illustrated Handbook": |
Volume
1 - 1997, Code ISBN
978-88-900454-5-5 |
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EDITOR: Museo d'Arte e Scienza (Art and Science Museum) - Via Q. Sella, 4 - I-20121 - Milan (Italy)
Tel: +390272022488 - Fax: +390272023156 - E-mail: info@museoartescienza.com
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Below is a part of the bibliography of the books consulted during the
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OTHER SITES OF THE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCE:
www.MuseoArteScienza.com - Sections of the "Museo d'Arte e Scienza": 6 rooms dedicated to the ascertainment of authenticity in art and antiques, 5 rooms on Leonardo da Vinci's "Treatise on Painting" and his activities in Milan, 5 rooms dedicated to African Art and Buddhist Art, 2 Scientific Laboratories.
www.LeonardoDaVinciMilano.com - Two permanent exhibitions: "Leonardo Citizen of Milan" and "Appreciating Art through the Eyes of Leonardo" from his "Treatise on Painting".
www.AuthenticAfricanBronzesandCeramics.com - Dedicated to the authenticity of African artworks in bronze, stone and pottery. The scientific laboratory of the Museo d’Arte e Scienza has developed valid methods for telling authentic African objects from copies and fakes.
www.Paintingsauthenticity.com -
Information about the authenticity of modern paintings and antique
paintings.
www.AntiqueFurnitureAuthenticity.com -
A list of possible
methods for determining the authenticity of furniture based on objective
factors.
www.Excavatedartauthenticity.com - "A list of all the possible ways of determining, on the basis of objective factors, the authenticity of excavated pottery, glass or bronze items from Southern Italy, the Mediterranean Basin, China and South America".
www.AfricanArtAuthenticity.com - "Art and Life in Black Africa", The African Art didactic section of the Museum (5 rooms and over 350 objects).
www.SpectroscopyforArt.com -
A scientific method for the dating of the wood and identification of the wood
type used for art objects. Determination of their authenticity through
analysis of colours, binders, pigments and other organic substances.
www.Matthaes.org -
The history of
the G. Matthaes Foundation from the opening of the painting school
www.CopiesAndFakesInArt.com - Ample further descriptions for ascertaining the authenticity in art for the individual fields of antiques.
www.IvoryAuthenticityAndAge.com - Ivory, bone and horn can now be spectroscopically dated and recognized with precision.
www.LeonardoTeacherofPaintinginMilan.com - An abridged and illustrated edition of the “Treatise on Painting”.