Masterpieces are so priceless, I'm sometimes surprised they expose them to the public. Maybe they don't? Maybe the originals are kept safe somewhere? After all, didn't they do that with those Chinese terracotta warriors?
2007-08-27 22:31:15 · 4 answers · asked by Wulfstan O Malley 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
i don't know... I'm sure if the met in NYC were caught with fraud that would be too HUGE of a fiasco for them to deal with. i don't think they would go through the trouble. also, i was at the Louvre and witnessed the crowd around the Mona Lisa (couldn't really get close enough to see her myself)... i don't think the museums would pay for such security for fakes.
but still ... the idea is puzzling... i mean i suppose they could be fake......
2007-08-28 22:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't, unless we are art experts. We just have to take things at face value. As for the terracotta warriors, some of the originals are appearing in an exhibition at the British Museum London from next month.
2007-08-28 05:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every artist has a unique brush stroke which is like a finger print no two people are the same although an artist could copy a painting the brush strokes would differ also a lot of pigments used in the past are lost and cant be easily replicated today
2007-08-28 06:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could be done but the museum that is caught at it would be doomed. Nobody would pay to see them and no patrons would pay for getting new art.
2007-08-28 05:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by balroth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋