Description
This book examines the world of art crime in its many manifestations and considers the consequences of these crimes.
About the Author
Noah Charney is an art historian by training and is the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA), a non-profit think tank and consultancy group on art crime prevention and solution. He has been written about internationally, including feature articles in the New York Times Magazine, Italy's Ventiquattro, Time Magazine, and has made appearances on National Public Radio, MSNBC, CNBC and ITV television, and many other news outlets. His novel, The Art Thief, was published in 2007 and has sold in sixteen other languages to date.
Reviews
Though mostly out of public view, art crime is a very lucrative global business. In introducing this collection of 20 essays by international interdisciplinary experts, Charney (Association for Research into Crimes Against Art) situates 'the quiet crime' in the contexts of organized crime, terrorist groups, and the need for better policing policies. Via case studies and interviews, he addresses disputes over ownership of cultural heritage and wartime plundered art, authenticity, and museum security. The volume includes statistics, reflections on why masterpieces matter, and art images. * Reference & Research Book News *
...a compelling collection that interrogates the evolution of art crime from the modern period to the present... Recommended. Lower and upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, general readers. * Choice *
A well-edited, useful, readable and (sadly) very much necessary collection. * PhiloBiblos, philobiblos.blogspot.com *
Book Information
ISBN 9780313366352
Author Noah Charney
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight(grams) 595g