What exactly is the difference between a painting that is real and a painting that is so perfect a copy that no one but experts can tell? Kinsley has long argued that the fetishization of real art is silly. But now the web ups the ante: a depiction of "The Last Supper" that allows you to look at it from much closer quarters than anybody in real life. The image is here. One word: wow.
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