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02650aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 0193DC42E96E11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 171026t20182018nyua 000 0aeng d 020 $a 9781939931580 020 $a 1939931584 035 $a (OCoLC)1007755357 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IGA $d UAB $d OQX $d OCLCF $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 050 4 $a N7483.C65 $b A3 2018 082 04 $a 709.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Costamagna, Philippe, $e author. 240 10 $a Histoires d'¿ils. $l English 245 14 $a The eye : $b an insider's memoir of masterpieces, money, and the magnetism of art / $c Philippe Costamagna ; translated by Frank Wynne. 264 1 $a New York : $b New Vessel Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 243 pages : $b illustration ; $c 22 cm 546 $a Translated from the French. 520 $a It’s a rare and secret profession, comprising a few dozen people around the world equipped with a mysterious mixture of knowledge and innate sensibility. Summoned to Swiss bank vaults, Fifth Avenue apartments, and Tokyo storerooms, they are entrusted by collectors, dealers, and museums to decide if a coveted picture is real or fake and to determine if it was painted by Leonardo da Vinci or Raphael. The Eye lifts the veil on the rarified world of connoisseurs devoted to the authentication and discovery of Old Master artworks. This is an art adventure story and a memoir all in one, written by a leading expert on the Renaissance whose metier is a high-stakes detective game involving massive amounts of money and frenetic activity in the service of the art market and scholarship alike. It’s also an eloquent argument for the enduring value of visual creativity, told with passion, brilliance, and surprising candor. -- From the dust jacket. 600 10 $a Costamagna, Philippe. 650 0 $a Art historians $z France $v Biography. 650 0 $a Art critics $z France $v Biography. 650 0 $a Art appreciation. 650 7 $a ART / European. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ART / History / Renaissance. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Art appreciation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00815447 650 7 $a Art critics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00815508 650 7 $a Art historians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00815554 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 700 1 $a Wynne, Frank, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017025305.0 952 $l YSPD232 $d 20190619012000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0193DC42E96E11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search