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LordTheNightKnight said:


What? The substance is the artwork and content, not how they are presented. You're confusing that with style, which makes you look ignorant, for confusing the two.

It's like claiming two copies of a painting are different substances, just because one is on a postcard and one is on a huge canvas. The substance is what is on the painting, which does not change.


Absolutely and factually untrue. Paintings are more than just what they depict; much of a painting is contained in its medium, in the angle of strokes and the thickness of paint, which are important for conveying mood, theme, and the school of art that informed its creation. You can learn things about paintings at full size that you would never be able to tell on a postage stamp.