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Jonathan Jones: 3D ‘experiences’ cannot replace seeing Michelangelo’s wonderful art in the flesh. Does Italy just hate tourists?Does the Vatican think everyone who visits the Sistine Chapel is an idiot?New arrangements to see Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Vatican seem to view “tourists” as the enemy, to be fobbed off with 3D spectacles and virtual reality while perhaps being allowed to spend only a limited time looking up at Michelangelo’s real paintings. Yet meanwhile, the pope is allowing the chapel to be used for corporate events.
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