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Re:CBC is destroying its broadcast archives after they’re di... by lou1306 on Saturday April 21, 2018 @09:58AM (#16891436)
High-res scans of sculptures are already a thing [0]. Just send the polygon mesh to a 3d printing and presto, you get your own David by Michelangelo. However, painting would be waay more difficult, especially in cases (such as Van Gogh) where the artist deliberately applies thick layers of paint.

(I find the idea of intentionally destroying the originals to be ludicrous, but hey, more future-proofing is always good)

[0]: http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/dmich-sig00/

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Re:CBC is destroying its broadcast archives after they’re di... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday April 22, 2018 @11:20AM (#16896529)
Polygon printed plastic is nothing like chiselled marble, and that's going to be super hard to replicate because of the random variability.

What is it about original artwork that makes it so important as to need eternal preservation?

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Re:CBC is destroying its broadcast archives after they’re di... by lou1306 on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:14AM (#16903543)
> What is it about original artwork that makes it so important as to need eternal preservation?

In David's case, maybe the fact that Michelangelo was able to carve it out of a fragile and partially sculpted block that at least two other great artists refused to use. It's an engineering feat at least as much as an artistic one.

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