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How fine forgeries fooled the art world 做工精湛仿造品愚弄藝術(shù)界

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How fine forgeries fooled the art world 做工精湛仿造品愚弄藝術(shù)界

畢加索、達(dá)芬奇、安迪·沃霍爾、肖恩·格林哈爾?!ざ魇钦l(shuí)?肖恩·格林哈爾??墒撬囆g(shù)界的知名人物,不過藝術(shù)界寧愿忘記他才好,因?yàn)樗麄卧觳N售仿真度極高的藝術(shù)品長(zhǎng)達(dá)17年之久才被警方逮捕。

課文內(nèi)容

詞匯: Art 藝術(shù)

On 17 November 2007 a man was jailed for producing works of art. Why? Because the sculptures and artefacts Shaun Greenhalgh made were fakes: fakes that had conned museums and galleries out of over £500,000.

Shaun had left school with no qualifications, but tried his hand at a wide range of crafts – from watercolour painting to sculpture. The young Greenhalgh hoped to make it as an artist himself. His pieces were not admired, however,?and he turned to forgery. He ended up creating a cottage industry in his garden shed, with the help of his family.

If the son had a talent for art, his father, George, had the gift of the gab and approached potential buyers. He came up with detailed stories about how he found artworks which had been lost for generations. In 2003, they sold a 50cm statue called the 'Amarna Princess' to?Bolton Museum. George claimed his own grandfather had bought it at an auction in 1892 at an aristocrat's home, and had papers which appeared to back up his story.

After talking to art experts, the museum paid more than £400,000 for the statue. The successful scam made the forgers grow bolder. But when they approached the British Museum with some more fake artefacts, an expert spotted mistakes and tipped off the police.

After 18 months of investigations, the police knocked at the family's door. They were surprised?by the Greenhalgh's humble home. Where were the riches of successful criminals? The police concluded that Shaun was motivated by "a resentment?of the art market" and by a desire to deceive art experts, rather than by money.

But how did he manage to fool so many experts? Irvin Finkel from the British Museum says the family produced things that "in a way we were looking for already". So when experts saw them they wanted to embrace these apparently long-lost treasures.

詞匯表

artefact??? 人工(藝術(shù))制品
to con??? 欺騙,欺詐
to try your hand at? ?試試手,嘗試親自動(dòng)手
craft?? 手工藝品,手藝
watercolour painting????水彩畫
sculpture???? 雕刻,雕塑
forgery????? 偽造
cottage industry???? 家庭手工業(yè),小作坊工業(yè)
the gift of the gab?? ?能說(shuō)會(huì)道
artwork???? 藝術(shù)品
auction????? 拍賣
aristocrat???? 貴族
back up???? 證實(shí)(說(shuō)法)
scam? 騙局
to tip off??? 給(某人)通風(fēng)報(bào)信
riches? ?財(cái)富
resentment? 不滿,憤恨

測(cè)驗(yàn)與練習(xí)

1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。

1.?True or false? Shaun Greenhalgh studied art at university before he became a professional?painter.
2.?Who was good at convincing people to buy the forgeries?
3.?Why was the British Museum suspicious of their artwork?
4.?What made the police think that Shaun Greenhalgh's main interest was not money?
5. What may have caused experts to be fooled by the Greenhalgh family?

2. 請(qǐng)你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。從每個(gè)表格中選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. Vincent van Gogh produced nearly 150 __________ paintings during his life. He used vibrant colours.

sculpture????? watercolour????? auctions????? riches

2. The lawyer presented evidence which backed __________ her statement.

on????? at????? over????? up

3. Stephen can sell a fridge to an Eskimo. He has __________.

tried his hand at it????the gift of the gab????? a cottage industry????? tipped off?

4. You have to be careful with these Ancient Egyptian __________. They are worth a fortune.

riches????? fakes????? artefacts????? qualifications

5. Some people say that living with __________ is like taking poison and expecting the other person to get sick.

con????? resentment????? appreciation????? talent

答案

1. 閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. True or false? Shaun Greenhalgh studied art at university before he became a professional?painter.
False. Shaun Greenhalgh left school with no qualifications.

2. Who was good at convincing people to buy the forgeries?
Shaun Greenhalgh’s father, George, approached potential buyers and claimed that he had inherited the artworks.

3. Why was the British Museum suspicious of their artwork?
Because an art expert spotted a mistake on one item.

4.?What made the police think that Shaun Greenhalgh
's main interest was not money?
When they came to arrest the Greenhalghs, the police noticed that their house was not big and impressive – it was humble.

5. What may have caused experts to be fooled by the Greenhalgh family?
Their willingness to believe that the pieces offered to them were the ones they were looking for.

2. 請(qǐng)你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習(xí)。從每個(gè)表格中選擇一個(gè)意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. Vincent van Gogh produced nearly 150 watercolour paintings during his life. He used vibrant colours.

2.
 The lawyer presented evidence which backed up her statement.

3.?Stephen can sell a fridge to an Eskimo. He has the gift of the gab.

4.?
You have to be careful with these Ancient Egyptian artefacts. They are worth a fortune.

5.?Some people say that living with resentment is like taking poison and expecting the other person to get sick.

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