Jumat, 25 Januari 2013

Artistic Reproductions Can Be Worth Their Place In A Home

By Paul Cleary


When couples have children they bring to each child the same combination of genes each time. The procedures that they go through to conceive each time may be excitingly different or tediously the same. Whatever the case it is likely that they will breed a different individual each time though probably with a family resemblance. It is the same with art reproductions.

There are some differences between reproducing and creating from scratch. An artist working on an individual has decisions to make about composition particularly with regard to what must be left out and what to modify. The reproducing artist is relieved of such choices but will instead have to concentrate on the techniques that enable him to emulate a master. That may be more difficult than it seems.

The advent of photography and other technologies that enable the reproduction of images had big implications for artists. However the value of original work that in a subtle war reflects the personality of the artists has, if anything, become more valuable. The distinction between photography and painting is illustrated by the fact that artists now often work from photographs to create original paintings.

Individuality is the important thing about children, about original paining and about reproductions of masterpieces done by artists. If a reproduction is done by an artist using brush and paint there will be a subtle imprint of his unique character left on his work. Ironically, the greater his effort to remain faithful to the original the greater will be the individual excellence of the reproduction. Flaws and perfections are part of art whether they are present in original works or in reproductions of them.

That is the raisin retread behind online sites that advertise art reproductions as opposed to prints or photographs. There are degrees of art behind each reproduction. Though the aim of an artist might be to faithfully reproduce what he sees before him his individual technique might put the unmistakable stamp of individuality on his work. In some respects he may prove less that the master but in other respects he may actually be superior.

Ironically, it is because machines cannot make errors that their products are less valuable that art works. The stamp of personality makes things rare. They may be regarded as flaws or idiosyncrasies, but the subtle influence of personality will be evident in hand made things. A Picasso picture may well have blemishes, and it is in the blemishes that it rarity resides.

Although a reproduction of a Picasso painting may be remarkably similar to the original it will be a great deal more affordable. The value of the original resides largely in its rarity value. The aesthetic aspects of the reproduction may be almost identical in the case of a Picasso, and also include the nuances that go with a hand produced work but will be affordable.

In the art world there are those who buy paintings for their investment value and those who so appreciate aesthetic qualities of works that they long to live with them. For such people who may never be able to afford an original the option of an art reproduction is viable. It is not a photograph or print, but has all the hallmarks of two creative and original minds imprinted on it.




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