Books written by Noah Charney
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The Journal of Art Crime: Spring 2014
The Journal of Art Crime, published by ARCA, is the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the study of art crime.
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Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
Delivers a gripping history of the world's most pilfered masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"--which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, smuggled, ...
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The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art
“Readers curious about the making of Renaissance art, its cast of characters and political intrigue, will find much to relish in these pages.” —Wall Street Journal Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents—a sculptor, ...
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The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World
The Devil in the Gallery is a guided tour of the history of art through it scandals, rivalries, and shocking acts, each of which resulted in a positive step forward for art in general and, in most cases, for the careers of the artists in ...
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Art and Crime: Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World
ARTNAPPING In December 2001, a man walked into Sweden's National Museum five minutes before closing time. He aimed a half-automatic rifle at a guard while two other men took a Renoir and a Rembrandt painting from the wall.
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Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
In this fast-paced, real-life thriller, art historian Noah Charney unravels the stories of each of these thefts.
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The Art Thief: A Novel
In the wake of the thefts of three priceless art treasures from Rome, Paris, and London, art detective Gabriel Coffin and art historian Genevieve Delacloche team up to investigate a series of false leads, forgeries, and bizarre clues.
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting
This book provides a strong introduction to the Mona Lisa and the thefts surrounding it. "Noah Charney is the Sherlock Holmes of art theft.
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Art Crime: Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves
This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject.
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The Art of Forgery
The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have ...
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The Museum of Lost Art
True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recovery From the bestselling author of The Art of Forgery comes this dynamic narrative that tells the fascinating stories ...
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The Art Thief
The disappearance of a priceless Caravaggio in Rome and the famous 'White on White' by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich in Paris heralds the start of a series of seemingly unconnected art crimes across Europe.
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Art and Crime: Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World
Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of...
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Art Crime: Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves
This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject.
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Making It: The Artist's Survival Guide
Making It is a gonzo memoir of an established artist crossed with objective advice, tips and tricks fleshed out by a best-selling art historian and Pulitzer finalist writer on art.
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The Slavic Myths
... ritual siblings to humans : the terms for this , pobratim and posestrima ... Ritual siblinghood is an Indo - European institution , characteristic of a ... unbound hair represents the pouring of water , flowing down one's back like ...
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Tracks & Sign of Insects & Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species
The first-ever reference to the sign left by insects and other North American invertebrates includes descriptions and almost 1,000 color photos of tracks, egg cases, nests, feeding signs, galls, webs, burrows, and signs of predation.
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The Fate of the Masterpiece: How the Monuments Men Rescued the Mystic Lamb from the Nazis
This short e-book, adapted from Noah Charney's book Stealing the Mystic Lamb, tells the dramatic story of the rescue of The Ghent Altarpiece from Nazi pillagers.