Can an art work still be valuable if it is not original/ authentic (should it be?)? An original artwork can be judged as more valuable than a forgery from an artistic point of view. All art works can be identified in light of the performance engaged with to create them. Thus understanding a work of art involves grasping in some way the achievement that the individual work represents. This leads to the origin of the …showed first 75 words of 273 total…

…showed last 75 words of 273 total…of confusing aesthetics with historic properties but rather that originals entail the entire creative process. If the work is not original it no longer enlightens us about the culture in which it was produced. It no longer carriers a message from the past; it no longer serves the communicative function that is inherent in all authentic artifacts. Ultimately a work can still be valuable if it is not original, but only from an aesthetic perspective.