> The idea that it is only elites who can tell the difference is an unsupported statement about art appreciation among the general population.
Of course, I made no such statement -- you did. I wonder which of us has a lower opinion of the lay public's capacity to appreciate art.
Back to the matter at hand, I'm fairly confident that a technology which faithfully reproduced artwork at the molecular level would be met with just as much contempt and hostility in the "art world". It has less to do with any sort of concern about the quality of the reproduction than it does with an aversion to seeing fine art placed in the hands of the masses.
Of course, I made no such statement -- you did. I wonder which of us has a lower opinion of the lay public's capacity to appreciate art.
Back to the matter at hand, I'm fairly confident that a technology which faithfully reproduced artwork at the molecular level would be met with just as much contempt and hostility in the "art world". It has less to do with any sort of concern about the quality of the reproduction than it does with an aversion to seeing fine art placed in the hands of the masses.