paintings as celebrities

This follows on from the previous post. During New Year I was lucky enough to visit the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. After braving the cold and the queues I was excited to be able to see the fantastic collection of Paul Cezanne paintings. As more people drifted in to the galleries I was struck by how many people were taking their own photos of the paintings. Many others were having their photo taken in front of the painting as if it was a celebrity. This worried me and also raised issues in my mind about looking at an original object (the painting) and looking at a reproduction. Would it matter if the painting was lost as long as there was a super high resolution photograph of it?

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Are there too many images in the world?