Tag Archives: Dietrich Fey

an original of a copy

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave

But, then is not the artist themselves, whether man or woman, merely a “copy” an “imitation” even a forgery of the original’ the original first, man and women, of which after the Fall have lot their original aura, their sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged alfred lessing, Arthur Koestler, Diego Rivera, Dietrich Fey, Han Van Meegeren, Jan Vermeer, Johannes Vermeer, Lothar Malskat, martin gough, max stern, max sterner, oswald hanfly, Pablo Picasso, Roland Barthes, Thorstein Veblen, timothy binkley, vermeer forgeries, Walter Benjamin, Wassily Kandinsky | Leave a comment

AUTHENTICITY AND AESTHETICS

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Dave

Snobbery has its own aesthetics. If a work of art seems identical to the naked eye, why should an original Picasso end up in the living room, a reproduction on the stairway and a forgery in the recycle bin? In … Continue reading →