Author: Dolnick, Edward
Title: Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Description: New York, Harper, 2008 Hardcover with dustjacket, 349 pages, 24 x 17 cm. EN. ISBN 9780060825423. ¶ New York Times BestsellerDolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century. And in doing so Dolnick plumbs the nature of fraud itself.. an incomparable page turner. -Boston GlobeAs riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forgers Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in psychological manipulation, and he came within inches of fooling the world. Instead, he landed in an Amsterdam court on trial for his life. The Forgers Spell is the gripping, true tale of this almost perfect crime.
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Title: Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Description: New York, Harper, 2008 Hardcover with dustjacket, 349 pages, 24 x 17 cm. EN. ISBN 9780060825423. ¶ New York Times BestsellerDolnick brilliantly re-creates the circumstances that made possible one of the most audacious frauds of the 20th century. And in doing so Dolnick plumbs the nature of fraud itself.. an incomparable page turner. -Boston GlobeAs riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forgers Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his paintings as those of one of the most beloved and admired artists who ever lived. As Edward Dolnick reveals, his true genius lay in psychological manipulation, and he came within inches of fooling the world. Instead, he landed in an Amsterdam court on trial for his life. The Forgers Spell is the gripping, true tale of this almost perfect crime.
Keywords: kunsttheorie beeldhouwen Beeldhouwkunst Architecture schilderijen conceptueel Schilderkunst Tentoonstellingscatalogus
Price: EUR 18.00 = appr. US$ 19.56 Seller: Erik Tonen Books
- Book number: 66318
- Book number: 66318
See more books from our catalog: kunst wetenschappen ; Art studies ; Art sudies ; Art studies