Download or read book The Modigliani Caper written by Jon Bruce Kite and published by Austin & Winfield Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly eighty years after he left his home never to return, all of Italy (and the international art world) was stunned in the early 1980s by the discovery of Amadeo Modigliani's "African" heads in a canal in Livorno. Modigliani's rejection of his early pieces (as well as his home town) is a part of the legend of this great artist. The dumping of his sculptures was seen as an act of disgust and rejection as well as a break with his Italian provincial past and the beginning of his Parisian sojourn and world fame." "Jon Kite's witty, withering dissection of the ensuing opera-bouffe and the puncturing of egos, reputations, careers and lives is the subject of this thoroughly engaging, offbeat look at the Italian psyche through the prism of dark humor. Italy was shaken by the artistic and, yes, political implications of the fraud. Modigliani, of Jewish origins and socialist leanings, was considered a "red" artist and virtually a secular saint and icon. The perpetrators were right wing students and a neo-anarchist. The political and social earthquakes of the late 80s and early 90s on the peninsula can be traced to this bizarre incident and the media frenzy and public ridicule of the establishment surrounding it."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book The Modigliani Scandal written by Ken Follett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-speed, high-stakes thriller from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense. A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize—for an art historian whose ambition consumes everyone around her, an angry young painter with a plan for revenge on the art establishment, and a desperate gallery owner who may have double-crossed his own life away. Behind the elegance and glamour of the art world, anything goes—theft, forgery, betrayal, and maybe even murder. . . .
Download or read book The Duesenberg Caper written by Roger Corea and published by SelectBooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A vacation in beautiful Sicily turns deadly when young schoolteachers Andrew Robinson and his wife, Ada, find themselves commissioned to solve one of the oldest mysteries in the classic car world--the whereabouts of the priceless 1935 Duesenberg SJ Emmanuel, formerly owned by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, that has been missing for decades"--
Download or read book ART THEFT AND FORGERY INVESTIGATION written by Robert E. Spiel and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this unique manual is to arm criminal investigators with tools and weapons that are suitable and effective against art theft and forgery. The author, with over 25 years' experience in the art theft investigation field, presents comprehensive techniques, tips, and ideas to help dimish the level of frustration experienced by criminal investigators required to handle the growing number and magnitude of art crimes. The structure of the manual is simple and direct. The first part guides the reader in the use of the text and introduces the art world environment. The second part discusses the investigator's interaction with the victim, including interviewing, crime scene investigation, and identifying and developing suspects. Part three deals with offenders and covers such topics as art theft methods, forgery techniques, methods of distribution, and investigative countermeasures. The final section presents a comprehensive review of solutions and recoveries, including chapters on legal weapons, insurance and rewards, the use of experts, universal and variable contact group classifications, object bulletins, art criminal photo albums, informant development, undercover methods, unidentified victims, and recovery and seizure of stolen or fake art. In addition, the book is complemented by an extensive glossary and bibliographic resources. This exceptionally unique manual is intended to function at an intensely practical level and is intended for both study and immediate reference.
Download or read book The China Caper written by Bernard Katz and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Diamond is a Chinese antique dealer in San Frncisco and a special variety of sweet and sour sauce. Chun Liu ambles into his shop and offers Jake a piece of Chinese heaven, a 13th Century oil on silk painting by Zheng Mengfu. While theres something oddly familiar about this Mr. Liu, its just not there. The scroll has all provenances and signatures and has been signed off by the experts but go figure, Jake discovers what he believes to be a fatal flaw in the scrolls authenticity. And so begins Jakes Chinese adventure chasing Dr. Liu through the poetic and uniquely Chinese cities of Taipei, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Shuzou and Shanghai. Jakes range of encounters run from Pentecostals, an accusation of murder, to his meeting his devilish jailer when a prisoner in the Korean War and a garlic eating Chinese cop who puts the kibosh to Jakes future.
Download or read book Modigliani written by Jeanne Modigliani and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1958 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography and criticism by the artist's daughter.
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture written by New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modigliani written by Pierre Sichel and published by New York : Dutton. This book was released on 1967 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ken Follett written by Richard C. Turner Ph.D and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-11-25 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Follett had the purest of motives when he began writing fiction: he did it for the money. But after ^IEye of the Needle^R catapulted him to success and secured his reputation as a master of the spy thriller, he both built on that success with other spy thrillers and experimented equally successfully with other genres such as the family saga and the historical romance. This is the first full-length study of his work and it includes individual examinations of each of his major novels, from Eye of the Needle (1978) to A Place Called Freedom (1995), as well as his early novels. Following a chapter on Follett's life and career, Turner discusses in depth Follett's early novels and his one nonfiction work, On the Wings of Eagles. A genre chapter examines Follett's use of historical settings and his use of the genres of spy thriller, saga, and historical romance in his novels. The rest of the study is devoted to an individual examination of each of his novels in turn, with subsections on plot, character, theme, point of view, and literary devices. Turner also offers an alternative critical approach to reading each novel, such as psychoanalytical, Marxist, or reader response, to give the reader another perspective from which to read and discuss it. A complete bibliography of Follett's fiction, general criticism and biographical sources, and listings of reviews of all the novels examined in the study completes the work. The only study of one of the best-selling writers today, who appeals to adults and young adults alike, this is a key purchase for schools and public libraries.
Download or read book Memories and Images written by Donald S. Vogel and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Vogel arrived in Dallas at the beginning of World War II after a sojourn at the Art Institute of Chicago. "The feeling of space, its clear clean atmosphere, the calm courtesy of the people and promises of growth all gave hope to a young, would-be painter. What I could not have anticipated was that there would be no gentle growth: it exploded in every direction and the money followed." Along with the wealth came East Coast art dealers who followed the oil field trails throughout Oklahoma and Texas. They brought dubious art and fake old masters, but the same growth that attracted disreputable dealers also made it possible for Vogel to be part of bringing fine works of art to Dallas, first at the Betty McLean Gallery and later at his own Valley House Gallery. In the words of Dechard Turner, "The Gallery opened the doors to the highest levels of sophistication in art. Not all entered, but the triumph of the Vogel story is that many did!" Already established as a painter, Vogel soon became the outlet in Dallas of art dealers in the United States and Europe. He has been an important part of the Dallas art scene for fifty-eight years. In addition to the United States, Donald Vogel's art can be found in private collections in Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Italy, Germany, England, France, Japan and twelve museum collections. His publications include books for the Amon Carter Museum, The Boardinghouse, Charcoal and Cadmium Red, and a Retrospective illustrated catalog.
Download or read book Subject Guide to Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ken Follett and the Triumph of Suspense written by Carlos Ramet and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Follett wrote his first international bestseller, Eye of the Needle, when he was 25 years old. He has since been one of the most consistent international best-selling authors, with approximately 130 million copies of his books sold worldwide. His manifold influences on the thriller genre includes the pioneering use of strong female characters in espionage stories and the development of the historical thriller as a new form of novel, exemplified by Winter of the World (2012). This book is an investigation of Follett's development as an author, and of the craft of writing and the negotiation of serious versus popular literary value, from his earliest short stories and screenplays through his mature thrillers and entertainment fiction. Unpublished materials are also considered, including his notes, business and personal correspondence, unpublished drafts, journal entries and outlines. Follett's dramatic shift to writing historical fiction may be his most enduring legacy.
Download or read book Spy written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism. It was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all. There's no magazine I know of that's so continually referenced, held up as a benchmark, and whose demise is so lamented" --Dave Eggers. "It's a piece of garbage" --Donald Trump.
Download or read book Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Modigliani Caper written by Jon Bruce Kite and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly eighty years after he left his home never to return, all of Italy (and the international art world) was stunned in the early 1980s by the discovery of Amadeo Modigliani's "African" heads in a canal in Livorno. Modigliani's rejection of his early pieces (as well as his home town) is a part of the legend of this great artist. The dumping of his sculptures was seen as an act of disgust and rejection as well as a break with his Italian provincial past and the beginning of his Parisian sojourn and world fame.
Download or read book A Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law written by and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
