one of the first posters i ever bought was a copy of
the "mona lisa" and i learned a lot from it - much
more than i was able to i learn from the original when
it was brought to new york in 1960-something and i was
whisked past it briefly, along with thousands of
others in line. i learned about "sfumatura" from it
and - because of the endless speculation over her
mysterious smile - i learned that great painting is
more than just what meets the eye.
no matter how often i see it in reproduction, it's
still beautiful: t-shirts, tea mugs, aprons, etc.,
etc.. i don't think there's any single image on the
planet more reproduced than that painting - but it's
still beautiful.
assuming that the negative comments on sting's dowland
recordings are artistic in nature and can be applied
to art in general, at what point does the reproduction
of any art - assuming it's done well - become
something less than beautiful? at what point does its
appreciation become something less than genuine?
.. when it's mass produced and available to all?
- bill
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