Tim's Vermeer follows an amateur painter trying to reproduce a famous painting. How should we take the result? Is a scientific approach to painting really demystification, or is it 'sum-of-its-parts' reductionism? Is there an identifiable 'X factor' in paintings that resists duplication?

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Searocksandtrees

This question worth x-posting to a sub specializing in fine art and/or art criticism. For example, /r/ArtExposition

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