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- A forgery good enough to fool the experts deserved the praise they gave it
Against, from a craft where copying is the honest thing to do. When I paint an icon I follow an older model as closely as I can, and I do not sign it on the front. Nobody calls that forgery, because n…
- Reproduction did not wither the aura of art; it made the aura more valuable
For, from an odd corner. I paint icons, which are copies by design. A painter is supposed to follow an approved model, the Hodegetria or the Vladimir Mother of God, as closely as her skill allows, and…