Buying an Art Print - Lustre, Glossy, or Matte?
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Buying an Art Print - Lustre, Glossy, or Matte?
I don't have any experience with art prints except for the definitions I read off from dictionary.com and some posts I googled. From the gists of what scraps I read, it seems the size of the print as well as the colour scheme plays into what finish will look good for the artwork but I can't imagine how to tell the difference. So I put forth you this question, what finish should I get if I buy a 12x18 version of this print? Here's the originating URL
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ThatGuyFromThatPlace
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Velvet 
but seriously (yea right) Go with Lustre for the subdued warm color scheme
but seriously (yea right) Go with Lustre for the subdued warm color scheme
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Fine, fine, fine. I'll just do eeny meeny miny moe. 
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."
I'd go with matte or velvet to prevent glare and reflections off the darker background. Glossy can work, but then you have to get the print mounted perfectly flat behind none-glare glass or you'll have glare spots all over the place.
Lusankya: Deal!
Say, do you want it to be a threesome with your wife? Or a foursome with your wife and sister-in-law? I'm up for either.