Comment by nkrisc
6 days ago
Paintings are not simple two-dimensional images. You can't view a painting from different angles from a photo. You can't see the light reflecting off the texture of the paint from different viewing angles. You can't get close and observe the brush strokes. A photo of a painting is superficially similar to the painting, but there's much that it lacks.
However, in this case, we are not talking about a painting, but a woodblock print. (Not disagreeing with your point in general, though.)