Art and Science Handbook - The Art Collector's Illustrated Handbook

about the Authenticity ascertainment in Art and Antiques with 540 pages and more than 2000 colour illustrations in 3 Volumes and 3 languages.

INTRODUCTION

This book aims to be your trusted expert, providing you with clear and well-founded answers based on objective evaluation criteria as to authenticity.

The texts are drawn for the most part on the experience of skilled art restorers and conservators collected in over 80 books on the subject and published in Italian, German, English and French.

It took a great many years of research and study to gather and set out this material in a handbook which is the only one of its kind. This treasure trove has been further enriched with information concerning scientific methods and procedures, after testing in the Museum’s laboratory, as well as methods developed by the same, such as the dating of wood by spectroscopy.

These texts were published in 1997-2003 when the Museum of Art and Science was still called the Art Collectors’ Museum (18 rooms and over 2,000 items on display).

Pages from Volume I		Contents Ivory, Paintings, Icons, Scientific methods, Carpets and Rugs, Tapestry, Furniture, Glass , Ceramics

Pages from Volume II		Contents The Museum, Paper (Books The printing process, Art prints, Papier-mâché), Metals ( Silver, Bronze, Gold, Pewter, Iron), Clocks and Watches , Walking sticks, Pipes, Musicals instruments, Stones, Precious stones, Amber, Pearls, Enamel, Dolls, Toys, Fans

Pages from Volume III		Contents The Museum, MINOR ASIAN ARTS (Chinese lacquer, Snuffbottles, Pipes, Inro, Tsuba, Netsuke, Seals), EXCAVATED ARTEFACTS (Mediterranean pottery, Chinese ceramics, Southeast Asian ceramics, Central and South-American pottery, Excavated glass bronzes and jade objects), BUDDHIST ART , AFRICAN ART, INDONESIAN ART

Prices per volume, purchased at Milan Museum or by e-mail	Vol. I € 20,00 / $ 25 - Vol. II €13,00 / $ 16 * - Vol. III €13,00 / $ 16 *
* Volumes II and III sold together € 20,00 / $ 25 - Postage cost: for Italy € 8 / $10 - for other countries € 8 / $10 ( more than to two volumes € 16 / $20)
ISBN code for purchase in bookshops of "The Art Collector's Illustrated Handbook":	Volume 1 - 1997, Code ISBN 88-900454-5-0 Volume 2 - 1999, Code ISBN 88-900454-6-9 Volume 3 - 2000, Code ISBN 88-900454-7-7
How to buy it:	in bookshops with ISBN Code at the Museum in Milan by e-mail click here

EDITOR: Museo d'Arte e Scienza (Art and Science Museum) - Via Q. Sella, 4 - I-20121 - Milan (Italy)

Below is a part of the bibliography of the books consulted during the compilation of the Handbook :
"Authenticity in Art: The scientific Detection of Forgery", Stuard J Fleming, 1975, London - "Kunst-und Antiquitäten-Fälschungen", Thomas Almeroth, 1986, Frankfurt - "Au pays des antiquaires", André Mailfert, 1935, Paris - "Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit", Walter Benjamin, 1955, Frankfurt - "X-Ray in Art", Arturo Gilardoni, 1994, Mandello Lario, Lecco - "Les secrets des chefs-d'œuvre", Magdeleine Hours, 1964, Paris - "Antiques", Elizabeth Drury, 1986 - "Gefälschte Antike", Paul Eberhard, 1981, Wien - "Is it genuine?", John Bly, 1986, London - "Noch Leucheten Die Bilder", H.H. Pars, 1953, Stuttgart - "Fälscherkünste", Eudel-Roessler, 1947, Wien - "La patina nel restauro delle opere d'arte", Thomas Brachert, 1985, Monaco - "Fake? The Art of Deception", Mark Jones-Mario Spagnol, 1990, London - "Kunst der Fälscher, Fälscher der Kunst", Frank Arnau, 1984, Düsseldorf - "Wie die Kunstfälscher arbeiten", Adolph Donath, 1937, Prague - "Garantiert echt. Eine Geschichte von Bildern und Antiquitäten", Paul Harrison, 1935, Wien - "Englische Möbel. Echt-kopiert-gefälscht", Charles H. Hayward, 1980, München - "Naturwissenschaftliche Gemälde-Untersuchung", Hermann Kühn, 1962 - "Aus der Welt der Fälscher", Fritz Mendax 1953, Stuttgart - "Gefälschte Antike. Von der Renaissance sib zur Gegenwart", Paul Eberhard, 1981, Leipzig - "Kunstwerke chemisch betrachtet. Materialien-Analysen-Altersbestimmung", Josef Riederer, 1981, New York - "Fälscher, Händler und Experten. Das zwielichtige Abenteuer der Kunstfälschungen", Sepp Schüller, 1959, München - "Das Kunstfälschertum", Thomas Würtenberger, 1970, Leipzig - "Analyse scientifique et Conservation des Peintures", M. Hours, 1976, Friburg - "A la découverte de la peinture par les méthodes physiques", M. Hours, 1957, Paris - "Painting, Materials", R.J. Gettens, 1966, New York.

www.MuseoArteScienza.com - Sections of the "Museo d'Arte e Scienza": 6 rooms dedicated to the ascertainment of authenticity in art and antiques, The "Treatise on Painting" of Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo's activities in Milan, African and Buddhist Art, Scientific Laboratory

www.LeonardoDaVinciMilano.com - two permanent exhibitions: "Leonardo Citizen of Milan" and "Appreciating Art through the Eyes of Leonardo" from his "Treatise on Painting".

www.Paintingsauthenticity.com - A list of possible methods for determining the authenticity of paintings based on objective factors.

www.AntiqueFurnitureAuthenticity.com - A list of possible methods for determining the authenticity of furniture based on objective factors.

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 - 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.C14spectrodating.com - Spectroscopic measurements complementing dating obtained with the C14 method that appears uncertain or impossible.

www.DendroSpectroChronology.com - Spectroscopic measurements complementing the uncertain results of dendrochronological dating.

www.Matthaes.org - The history of the G. Matthaes Foundation from the opening of the painting school in Dresden in 1906 up to the Museum "Arte e Scienza" in Milan.

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