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= =20 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= =20 is, how do people FEEL about it? By the way, I think you have the most wonderful name. Stephanie Coon [log in to unmask] 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. >=20 > Excuse me, but hasn't this been going on for hundreds of years? People ar= e > 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. >=20 >=20 > Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637 > Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917 > Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask] > Philadelphia, PA 19104 >=20 > "Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to se= e > it for free=8A" >=20