Imitating without copying, imitating to create. The different forms of forgery in bronze art in the 19th century
Voillot, Élodie
Imitating without copying, imitating to create. The different forms of forgery in bronze art in the 19th century - 2015.
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The Parisian bronze art industry in the 19th century was a very attractive sector that was growing rapidly and benefiting from multiple forms of process improvement and technological inno-vation. Its success attracted high levels of financial investment to support the creation and to purchase models. It was becoming increasingly important to protect them from forgery and, for this reason, the Association of Bronze Producers was created in 1817. A detailed study of the litigation procedures for forgery between manufacturers highlights the surprising – and paradoxical – significance of strategies to thwart the rules put in place to protect the models in the process of creation itself.
Imitating without copying, imitating to create. The different forms of forgery in bronze art in the 19th century - 2015.
59
The Parisian bronze art industry in the 19th century was a very attractive sector that was growing rapidly and benefiting from multiple forms of process improvement and technological inno-vation. Its success attracted high levels of financial investment to support the creation and to purchase models. It was becoming increasingly important to protect them from forgery and, for this reason, the Association of Bronze Producers was created in 1817. A detailed study of the litigation procedures for forgery between manufacturers highlights the surprising – and paradoxical – significance of strategies to thwart the rules put in place to protect the models in the process of creation itself.
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