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> Would you go to Louvre to see Mona Lisa if you have an atom-by-atom identical copy at home? The point is moot, as you can look at super ultra high def scans
by practice9 5y ago
> Would you go to Louvre to see Mona Lisa if you have an atom-by-atom identical copy at home?
The point is moot, as you can look at super ultra high def scans of many paintings from the comfort of your home.
And you can see more details this way and not pay any museum fees too
- ARandumGuy 5y agoAny digital scan will never be a 100% accurate re-creation of an original artwork. Even the best digital display technology can only display a fraction of the human perception, something that pigments are not limited to. Pigments are also physical materials, which can reflect light in drastically different ways, which can only be appreciated in person. Finally, paintings are actually 3 dimensional, with the different brush strokes creating a detailed texture on the canvas (look at a Van Gogh for an extreme example), which won't be accurately depicted in a scan.
- tablespoon 5y ago> The point is moot, as you can look at super ultra high def scans of many paintings from the comfort of your home. That's a scan, a first-generation analog copy, and thus subject to generation-loss. CryptoPunks, being 100% digital, can be copied exactly an infinite number of times. If I download the PNG from the URL in the NFT, I have in my possession the exact same thing as the so-called "owner." The only thing that differentiates the NFT "owner" from anyone else is a bookkeeping entry totally divorced from the infinitely-copyable and publicly-available thing it represents.