de-attribution
de-attribution is the alternative form of deattribution.
Meaning of deattribution
Noun
deattribution (plural deattributions)
- Discontinuance of attributing a work of art or literature, etc. to a particular creator, especially in a case where a work is reassigned from a prominent creator to a lesser or unknown creator.
- Deattribution of Rembrandt paintings has been going on among art historians for decades, constantly winnowing a corpus inflated by the 17th- and 18th-century practice of regarding many works simply in Rembrandt's style as "by the master."1986 September 30, Douglas C. McGill, “Met to Relabel 2 of Its ‘Rembrandts’”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Sep 2015
Forms of de-attribution
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Questions about de-attribution
- What is de-attribution the alternative form of?
- De-attribution is the alternative form of deattribution.
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