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Getting Real: Cultural, Aesthetic and Legal Perspectives on the Meaning on Authenticity of Art Works
No full textAuthenticity seems to be the value of the moment, rolling off the tongues of politicians, celebrities, Web gurus, college admissions advisers, reality television stars.” While this comment was written in relation to the attempts of media personalities, celebrities and politicians to present an “authentic” image of themselves to the world, authenticity has been valued in the art world for far longer than in the media world. And, while there are many aspects to how an individual presents his or her “authentic” self, so there are many ways of understanding what authenticity means in the art world. The art market is rife with problems of authenticity, ranging from outright, deliberate forgeries to discoveries concerning authenticity made years after a sale and honest uncertainty about proper attribution. While the consequences and detectability of these different types of inauthenticity vary, they constitute serious impediments to the proper functioning of the art market. More importantly, however, they all contribute to distortion and corruption of the historical, art historical and cultural record of our past
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Cultural objects and reparative justice ::a legal and historical analysis /
No full text'Cultural Objects and Reparative Justice' provides a comprehensive legal and historical analysis surrounding the question of where cultural objects removed without consent should be located. Following an interdisciplinary approach based in law, history, art history, anthropology, and archaeology, this book proposes a paradigm for reparations
Art, cultural heritage, and the law: cases and materials
No full textArt, Cultural Heritage, and the Law is one of the first legal casebooks to address the rapidly emerging fields of art and cultural heritage law, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. This book addresses artists? rights (freedom of expression, copyright, moral rights and rights in architectural works and historic preservation); the functioning of the art market (dealers and auction houses, warranties of quality and authenticity, transfer of title and recovery of stolen art works, and the role of museums), and finally cultural heritage (the fate of art works and cultural objects in time of war, the international trade in art works and cultural objects, the archaeological and underwater heritage of the United States, and indigenous cultures, focusing on restitution of Native American cultural objects and human remains, and appropriation of indigenous culture).This book is intended for the law school classroom but will also be useful to any lawyer or scholar interested in these timely issues and emerging fields of legal practice. The book provides an appendix of international conventions and national statutes the addresses the art market and disposition of cultural objects. Combining both legal and non-legal source materials and several very recent legal decisions, the book presents an interdisciplinary approach and addresses some of the most contentious ethical aspects of these issues. In addition, images of many of the art works that were at issue in the legal cases are presented so that the reader can gain an appreciation of the artistic and cultural values at stake
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