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Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present
Erin Thompson
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| #608527 in eBooks | 2016-05-28 | 2016-05-01 | File type: PDF||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Sweeping overview of antiquities collecting through the ages|By Michael Boyajian|The author provides a sweeping overview of antiquities collecting from the ancient Greeks and Romans to European aristocracy on the Grand Tour to American tycoons. Questions arise in a lively fashion as to when does collecting become looting, do collectors preserve the past, do antiquities belong||
“This slim volume is just bursting with read-them-to-a-friend anecdotes of collectors who'd stop at nothing. . . . Art is passion; Thompson understands. . . . The marvelous Possession offers a savvy history of passion as politics, a delightful colle
Whether it's the discovery of $1.6 billion in Nazi-looted art or the news that Syrian rebels are looting UNESCO archaeological sites to buy arms, art crime commands headlines. Erin Thompson, America's only professor of art crime, explores the dark history of looting, smuggling, and forgery that lies at the heart of many private art collections and many of the world's most renowned museums.
Enlivened by fascinating personalities and scandalous events, ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present | Erin Thompson. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
