Richard Chadwick, a British interior designer, is very astute in what he writes about the Shroud of Turin:
An artifact moreover that the art world chooses to ignore almost totally, on the grounds that if it’s a fake it would overturn pretty much all current beliefs and understanding of artistic development in Europe prior to the Renaissance… a ‘fake’ causing trouble ? ……….and if it’s real it causes even more trouble……….. hhhhmmmmm…….. so lets see…
And this:
[I]t is not sufficiant to just accept ‘ fake ‘ as the default position without acknowledging the inherent questions that lie therein . It seems to me that the burden of proof here lies with both options ; the artifact, however continues to exist as an enigma and it may well be that its very power lies in its continuing unresolved state - ‘ the inherent power of the Mystery ‘.
Read the full posting. In fact, print it out or save it or something. It is a keeper: Richard Chadwick Interior Sketches Blog: HANDLE WITH CARE…