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Scale
Size, distance and what reproduction destroys.
3 entries · Every entry is a physical variable
What reproduction destroys
Every photograph of a painting is the same size — about a hand span — which removes the single most important fact about most of them.
Viewing distance
Large works have a distance at which they resolve, and galleries do not always give you room to stand there.
The small work
Intimacy as a formal property, and how a busy room destroys it.
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