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As a painter, yes, putting paintings behind glass makes me significantly less able to evaluate and appreciate them. What these protests will accomplish will be

by boppo1 4y ago

As a painter, yes, putting paintings behind glass makes me significantly less able to evaluate and appreciate them. What these protests will accomplish will be to make art harder for common people to see.

ls15 4y ago
Probably airport-like security checks before entering a museum.
- luckylion 4y ago
  "Sorry, can't let you in with that head and those hands."
  - Biganon 4y ago
    ...and that glue/paint
- amelius 4y ago
  Put visitors in an exoskeleton that guides them through the exposition in a preprogrammed way.
  - ls15 4y ago
    I think I'd enjoy that, actually.
    - boppo1 4y ago
      In the early Halo books there's a bit about the development of the mjonlir armor: they put a marine in who didn't have augmented bones/muscles like the Spartan IIs. He moves his arm, the suit accelerates it and dislocates the limb. Then it accelerates all the reactions he has from the pain and more or less turns all his joints to a pulp. Just thought I'd share.
      - ls15 4y ago
        Thanks for sharing. I think that I am not becoming an early adopter and wait for the boring iterations where safety standards are introduced.
Beltalowda 4y ago
> As a painter, yes, putting paintings behind glass makes me significantly less able to evaluate and appreciate them. Even as a non-painter who quite frankly doesn't really care about the technique of the painting style and more about the overall scene I find glass incredibly distracting. There's always some glare, and it just doesn't look right. In Den Bosch there's a wonderful little Hieronymus Bosch museum which has just replicas Bosch's paintings, but you can open and close the triptychs, sniff the canvas if you want, and all of that. I've also seen some originals over the years, all heavily protected by glass, and I'd much rather go see the replicas. From what I know, even many art experts have difficulties reliably distinguishing between an original and well-made replica. I wish more museums would use replicas of famous paintings; it would be a great addition to the originals.

by boppo1 4y ago

ls15 4y ago

Probably airport-like security checks before entering a museum.

luckylion 4y ago
"Sorry, can't let you in with that head and those hands."
- Biganon 4y ago
  ...and that glue/paint
amelius 4y ago
Put visitors in an exoskeleton that guides them through the exposition in a preprogrammed way.
- ls15 4y ago
  I think I'd enjoy that, actually.
  - boppo1 4y ago
    In the early Halo books there's a bit about the development of the mjonlir armor: they put a marine in who didn't have augmented bones/muscles like the Spartan IIs. He moves his arm, the suit accelerates it and dislocates the limb. Then it accelerates all the reactions he has from the pain and more or less turns all his joints to a pulp. Just thought I'd share.
    - ls15 4y ago
      Thanks for sharing. I think that I am not becoming an early adopter and wait for the boring iterations where safety standards are introduced.

Beltalowda 4y ago

> As a painter, yes, putting paintings behind glass makes me significantly less able to evaluate and appreciate them. Even as a non-painter who quite frankly doesn't really care about the technique of the painting style and more about the overall scene I find glass incredibly distracting. There's always some glare, and it just doesn't look right. In Den Bosch there's a wonderful little Hieronymus Bosch museum which has just replicas Bosch's paintings, but you can open and close the triptychs, sniff the canvas if you want, and all of that. I've also seen some originals over the years, all heavily protected by glass, and I'd much rather go see the replicas. From what I know, even many art experts have difficulties reliably distinguishing between an original and well-made replica. I wish more museums would use replicas of famous paintings; it would be a great addition to the originals.