I'd care much more about my money going into
making a product that got the visible details
of the canvas right than spoofed the proper
results if I carbon-dated it or something
You've inadvertently highlighted one of the challenges of preservation: identifying which aspects matter.
Does fooling a carbon dating test matter? This is purely subjective, but for most people surely not.
But interestingly you've linked to an ultra high resolution image viewer that lets the viewer drill down into a nearly microscopic view of the painting. If a person doesn't know much about art, they might think that if you could take something like this and hang it on your wall, it would be a pretty damn good replica of the real thing. It would certainly be cool, I have to admit. Hell, I'd love it on my wall.
And yet, it's utterly different than the real thing. Paintings in real life are three dimensional. Van Gogh in particular is one who used thick gobs of paint. Each fraction of a micron of the painting has height and its own reflective properties which interact with the light in the room as you walk around and observe it.
if I get everything I'd notice while using the
computer correct at a fraction of the price.
Well, that's the thing. It's certainly up to the individual whether or not they give a crap about any particular detail.
If you don't care about how oil paintings actually look in real life, or what video games actually looked and felt like, and you choose to brand all of the things you don't understand or don't care about as "comical", then... well, more power to you. That's your choice.
Does fooling a carbon dating test matter? This is purely subjective, but for most people surely not.
But interestingly you've linked to an ultra high resolution image viewer that lets the viewer drill down into a nearly microscopic view of the painting. If a person doesn't know much about art, they might think that if you could take something like this and hang it on your wall, it would be a pretty damn good replica of the real thing. It would certainly be cool, I have to admit. Hell, I'd love it on my wall.
And yet, it's utterly different than the real thing. Paintings in real life are three dimensional. Van Gogh in particular is one who used thick gobs of paint. Each fraction of a micron of the painting has height and its own reflective properties which interact with the light in the room as you walk around and observe it.
Well, that's the thing. It's certainly up to the individual whether or not they give a crap about any particular detail.If you don't care about how oil paintings actually look in real life, or what video games actually looked and felt like, and you choose to brand all of the things you don't understand or don't care about as "comical", then... well, more power to you. That's your choice.
But some people choose to care.