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Re:The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images ... by jmkd on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:50AM (#18432045)
No one ever complained of flickr "Oh it's okay but you need to see the real thing", so it's interesting how this viewpoint is absolutely medium-specific.

I would argue plenty of paintings are better viewed online, sculptures far less so. Is it better to have a restricted view at the back of a live performance or see a perfectly edited video later?

It's hard to be moved shuffling through queues at the Louvre.

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Re:The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images ... by ska on Monday November 12, 2018 @01:42PM (#18434603)
Many types of paintings are fundamentally three dimensional - something that really isn't captured in an image.

You make a good point about the different value of different presentations. In some ways the bad seat is better than the video, in others not.

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