if the shroud of Turin is a fake shouldn't it be considered a masterpiece any way?

Question

most think the shourd is a fake but if it is shouldn't it be considered a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa and David and things like that because if it is fake it's a very good one

Answer 1

I've often thought of the shroud of Turin as a work of sheer genius, because it is a fake...someone would have destroyed it shortly after the discovery of the empty tomb...(Jewish tradition), (Roman politics)

Answer 2

i guess you wouldn't consider it a masterpiece in the same way as the other works that you mention, because it wasn't created as an art work, but as a religious forgery. (a practice which was not uncommon at the time.) not many forgers get credit for what they have done, as - for obvious reasons - they tend to remain anonymous! i do agree though that it is a very skilfully created fake, and the technique has never been recreated to this day.

as for the bible...what we know today as the bible has been put together, re-written, censored, and carefully edited by many different religious sources (and anonymous authors) in the two millennia since Jesus's death. it has become a religious treatise rather than a record of the 'word of god', so in that sense can hardly be considered authentic...

Answer 3

Oh yes, it is certainly a very convincing fake, and should be appreciated for the masterpiece it truly is, though there are a few perspective and proportion mistakes, which makes it unlikely that it was manufactured by a true genius (such as Da vinci).

Answer 4

Would you feel the same if it was the bible proven to be a fake?!