nemesis wrote:

> 
>> Same goes for forgeries: if a forgery is so good it cannot be distinguished
>> by a visual inspection of professionals, the result is as good or bad as the
>> original. When a forgery is so good that it has been exhibited in a museum,
>> it should not matter if it is "genuine" or not - the picture should speak
>> for itself.
> 
> Yes, but these guys are into the cult of personality, a weakness of western
> culture.  The lone artist as a romantic hero.
> 

True but there is also an appreciation of the 'hand' of the artist, at 
least with painting, that there is something special about the 'touch' 
that can render the genius of the mind uniquely into paint.  And that is 
not only a western thing.  I wonder if it is not elevated even higher in 
the eastern traditions of calligraphy

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