Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History, (Paperback)

from IreneF

This is about much more than forged museum pieces. (We are belatedly recognizing the culpability of museums in archeological looting, so it's no surprise that institutional ability to avert ones eyes extends to more than just provenance.) Lapatin contends that much of what we think we know about ...

from IreneF

This is about much more than forged museum pieces. (We are belatedly recognizing the culpability of museums in archeological looting, so it's no surprise that institutional ability to avert ones eyes extends to more than just provenance.) Lapatin contends that much of what we think we know about ...

from JaneAnneShaw

A history of art book which reads more like a 'tec novel; it certainly makes you sit up & take more notice of what's in the world's premier museums, and how the artefacts got there ... AND if they're genuine. The story, too, of Arthur Evans' Cretan excavations.

from IreneF

This is about much more than forged museum pieces. (We are belatedly recognizing the culpability of museums in archeological looting, so it's no surprise that institutional ability to avert ones eyes extends to more than just provenance.) Lapatin contends that much of what we think we know about ...

from IreneF

This is about much more than forged museum pieces. (We are belatedly recognizing the culpability of museums in archeological looting, so it's no surprise that institutional ability to avert ones eyes extends to more than just provenance.) Lapatin contends that much of what we think we know about ...