ANTHROPOLOGY OF FORGERY
Art Collecting, Authentication and
Innovative Tools for a Culture
of Legality in Cultural Heritage

PADOVA, VICENZA, CASTELFRANCO VENETO
February 25th - March 1st, 2019

The International Winter School “Anthropology of WINTER SCHOOL
forgery. Art Collecting, Authentication and Innovative
Tools for a Culture of Legality in Cultural Heritage”
will continue exploring the topics first presented
in the first Winter School, titled “Anthropology of
forgery. A multidisciplinary approach to the study of
archaeological fakes” and held in Padua, Vicenza and
Venice from February 13th to February 17th, 2017.
The first edition focussed mainly on the analysis of
the problem of forgeries found in many archaeological
materials (paintings, sculptures, glasses, ceramics,
mosaics, fabrics, etc.) and historical periods, while
the second one will analyse the phenomenon of
cultural heritage collecting (at local, national and
international levels), authentication methods using
archaeological, archaeometric and digital techniques
and, lastly, the tools for the dissemination of a culture
of legality as regards Culture and History (digital
archives, museums and exhibitions).

Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali:
archeologia, storia dell’arte, del cinema e della musica

Piazza Capitaniato, 7 - 35139 Padova
Front Office: +39 049 8274673
Fax: +39 049 8274670
dipartimento.beniculturali@unipd.it
www.beniculturali.unipd.it