- 1Title page
- 2Preface
- 3Part I — The Birth and Development of Faking
- 4Chapter II — Collectomania in Rome
- 5Chapter III — Rapacious Roman Collectors
- 6Chapter IV — Rome as an Art Emporium
- 7Chapter V — Increase of Faking in Rome
- 8Chapter VI — Decadence of Art and Consequent Changes
- 9Chapter VII — The Renaissance Period
- 10Chapter VIII — Imitation, Plagiarism and Faking
- 11Chapter IX — Collectors of the Sixteenth Century
- 12Chapter X — Collecting in France and England
- 13Chapter XI — Mazarin as a Collector
- 14Chapter XII — Some Notable French Collectors
- 15Part II — The Collector and the Faker
- 16Chapter XIV — The Collector’s Friends and Enemies
- 17Chapter XV — Imitators and Fakers
- 18Chapter XVI — The Artistic Qualities of Imitators
- 19Chapter XVII — Fakers, Forgers and the Law
- 20Chapter XVIII — The Faked Atmosphere and Public Sales
- 21Part III — The Faked Article
- 22Chapter XX — Faked Sculpture, Bas-Reliefs and Bronzes
- 23Chapter XXI — Faked Pottery
- 24Chapter XXII — Metal Fakes
- 25Chapter XXIII — Musical Instruments
- 26Chapter XXIV — Velvets, Tapestries and Books
- 27Chapter XXV — Summing Up
The Gentle Art of Faking
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