Mysteries of the snake goddess art, desire, and the forging of history

Lepatin demonstrates that the most famous piece of Minoan art, an ivory and gold Snake Goddess, is a modern forgery. He goes on to show that much of the excepted description of ancient Minoan culture was created Sir Arthur Evans in the early twentieth century.

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1. Verfasser: Lapatin, Kenneth D. S. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Boston u.a. Houghton Mifflin 2002
Schlagworte:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston > Fälschung; Kreta; Forgery > Archeologische vondsten > Art minoen - Faux > Constructivisme > Funde > Minoens > Minoïsche cultuur > Statuettes > Vervalsing > Art, Minoan > Forgeries > Minoans > Elfenbeinschnitzerei > Kunstfälschung > Minoische Kultur > Schlangengöttin
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Zusammenfassung:Lepatin demonstrates that the most famous piece of Minoan art, an ivory and gold Snake Goddess, is a modern forgery. He goes on to show that much of the excepted description of ancient Minoan culture was created Sir Arthur Evans in the early twentieth century.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-247) and index
Beschreibung:x, 274 p.
ill., map : 22 cm