Solar dance : genius, forgery, and the crisis of truth in the modern age
A consideration of how the growth in popularity of Vincent van Gogh's paintings and the trial of Otto Wacker for forgery, resulted in an examination of truth and authenticity during and after the Second World War.
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- ISBN: 0307398609
- ISBN: 9780307398604
- Physical Description 341 pages : illustrations
- Edition Vintage Canada edition.
- Publisher Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2013.
- Copyright ©2012
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 22.00 |
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Solar Dance : Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age
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Solar Dance : Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age
An acclaimed historian of the 20th century illuminates our current world, with its cults of celebrity and the crisis of the authentic. Solar Dance is a penetrating examination of legitimacy and truth, fakery and pretence--highly relevant to all of us today.