> I'm still staring at tiny digital reproductions of paintings on a fairly cheap LCD monitor.
If you've seen the originals, there is a 3D quality that is also lost. He had a way of sculpting the paint on the canvas, which I've never seen in any reproduction.
Yes! I noticed that too when looking at a Van Gogh in person. He had built it up using a lot of paint - almost like what you see when a small child uses way too much finger-paint. The physical texture of it was striking.
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> I'm still staring at tiny digital reproductions of paintings on a fairly cheap LCD monitor.
If you've seen the originals, there is a 3D quality that is also lost. He had a way of sculpting the paint on the canvas, which I've never seen in any reproduction.
Yes! I noticed that too when looking at a Van Gogh in person. He had built it up using a lot of paint - almost like what you see when a small child uses way too much finger-paint. The physical texture of it was striking.
Not to mention the paints have translucent and reflective qualities, all of which are lost on a 2d print or monitor.