UMBC Dept of Math & Stat

Spring 2017, Math 481, Project 2
Detecting Art Forgeries

Due Friday March 10

Read proj2-outline.pdf. It contains instructions in an outline format for this case study.

The differential equations in this study are pretty simple and can be solved by hand. You don't need Maple to solve them, but it would be a good idea if you did them in Maple anyway, since that will help make life easier in the future case studies where the use of Maple will be essential.

When done, email me your LaTeX code (*.tex) and figures (*.pdf). Be sure to have a look at the problems and pitfalls noted in LaTeX Tips and Tricks before you start your article.

Information on the WEB

A Google search for “meegeren, vermeer” turns up quite a few links related to Han van Meegeren and his Vermeer forgeries. Look, for instance, at Van Meegeren's Fake Vermeers, Johannes Vermeer and Han van Meegeren.

An item of interest is that the painting Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, which was declared a Han van Meegeren forgery during his trial, now is believed to be authentic and was sold for £16.7 million in 2004. See Vermeer work auctioned for $42 million.

The painting has changed hands since that auction—it was bought by an anonymous collector and was on a temporary display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in the spring of 2009. According to www.essentialvermeer.com now it is in an anonymous private collection in New York.

Documentary on Vermeer's art

The one-hour video documentary Vermeer: Master of Light, released by the National Gallery of Art, is narrated by Meryl Streep. It starts out slowly—narration begins five minutes into the video—but it's well-made, quite informative, and well worth the watch.

Movie on Vermeer

The 2003 movie Girl with a Pearl Earring is a fictionalized account of the events that led to the painting of Girl with a pearl earring. It's a beautiful movie. Watch it if you get the chance.

Bibliography

Here are the bibliographic entries that I used in the project's outline. You may use these or add others, as needed. You will need to put \usepackage[nobysame,lite]{amsrefs} in the document's preamble to process these.

\begin{bibdiv}
\begin{biblist}

\bib{Braun-DiffEq}{book}{
  author = {Braun, Martin},
  title  = {Differential equations and their applications},
  edition= {2},
  note   = {An introduction to applied mathematics; Applied
    Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 15},
  publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
  place  = {New York},
  date   = {1978},
}

\bib{wiki-vermeer}{webpage}{
  author = {Wikipedia},
  title  = {Johannes Vermeer},
  url    = {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer},
  accessdate = {2017-02},
}

\bib{wiki-U238}{webpage}{
  author = {Wikipedia},
  title  = {Uranium-238},
  url    = {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-238},
  accessdate = {2017-02},
}

\end{biblist}
\end{bibdiv}



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