Ivy, did you see my original posting asking for people's opinions=20
regarding how mass-producing images of artworks may or may not affect the=
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artistic integrity of the original?  That's what this reply was to--the=20
point is, yes it has been going on for 100s of years--what I want to know=
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is, how do people FEEL about it?

By the way, I think you have the most wonderful name.

Stephanie Coon
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On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Ivy Strickler wrote:

> >I tend to disagree with the idea of introducing works of art into the
> >commercial arena.  Flooding the market with reproductions of a particula=
r
> >work of art would in my mind 'dilute' the value of that work.  It become=
s a
> >common item, and people may no longer desire to view the original.  Why =
go
> >to a museum to see it when you can look at a representation of the same =
thing
> >hanging on your wall?  The impression that the work may have had on peop=
le
> >is different now that anyone can get a copy of it, and I think it dimini=
shes
> >the value of the work in general.
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> Excuse me, but hasn't this been going on for hundreds of years? People ar=
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> still flocking to see the major exhibits even though they can buy posters=
,
> books of prints, etc. I feel like I've missed some part of this thread.
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> Ivy Fleck Strickler                     Phone 215-895-1637
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> "Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to se=
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> it for free=8A"
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