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by tsimionescu 615 days ago
When it is relatively fresh, or well protected. Who know what is left after 600 years of handling and sunlight exposure and being saved from a fire.
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svieira 615 days ago
We have known paintings from the time period - the paint is still visible under a microscope.
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tsimionescu 615 days ago
Yes, because those paintings were preserved as paintings. And they were not designed in the first place to look like something other than a painting.
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