“ways of seeing”

All through out high school we were told to print out papers for our classes. Many times each teacher would say each time you copy a paper of the original it skews a little bit. For me I printed out many sheets of music. I had noticed that yes it was skewed the lines would be more scrunched and so forth. But on the contrary the music was the same, and when the notes cam out of my instrument it still sounded just as beautiful as the notes I played from the original. Berger argues that through media and the unlimited copies of paintings creates the deficiency of value for each masterpiece, I could agree but, The reality is you can see these pictures at any time to get a glimpse of them say for a class or a study, but if you wanted to you could the the paintings in person which would in fact give you a totally different feeling or perspective of the painting. Berger then says that our “culture defines the value dependent on the rarity” of a painting. which is also very true. I agree with Berger on most of his points like how each time someone views a picture they have their own perspective and meaning of the painting. When someone views a photo they have their own experiences which formulate their perception of the image. Viewing an original piece makes us have emotions like Berger was saying the authenticity of art captures the original emotion and then as the viewers see there are more emotions now enraptured with the painting. Like me copying my music to make it more accessible the media has let us see masterpieces so we can study them and have conversations about them I do not believe it makes the original any less valuable, sometimes when I see such a beautiful piece it makes me want to go and see it in person, like “starry night” by Van Gogh. The painting is so beautiful and has many colors and brush strokes. The emotions I get from that painting from a (replica) makes me want to see it first hand even more. The value and emotions are tied together for art. I play my music and if i play it correctly its just as beautiful as the original. But the original is not any less valuable.