Faking, Forging, Counterfeiting : Discredited Practices at the Margins of Mimesis.

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Imprint:	Bielefeld, Germany : Transcript Verlag, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Culture and Theory Ser. Culture and Theory Ser.
Subject:	Art -- Forgeries -- History. Art -- Forgeries. Conference papers and proceedings. History. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11654167

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ISBN:	9783839437629 3839437628 383763762X 9783837637625
Notes:	Knowledge Unlatched 101227
Summary:	Forgeries are an omnipresent part of our culture. They are closely related to historically and culturally informed ideas of authenticity, legality, authorship, creativity, tradition and innovation. Based on the concept of mimesis, the volume illustrates that forgeries are thus not to be understood as a negative copy or disgraced rip-off of an original - but as an autonomous aesthetic practice, a creative act in itself. The contributions focus on such different implementations such as faked traditions, pseudotranslations, imposters, identity theft, and hoaxes in different arts and historic contexts. Most importantly, they scrutinize the bonds and borders between original and forgery, and turn out their epistemic capability.
Standard no.:	9783837637625

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