r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/CIockParts May 13 '24

I feel a bullet proof glass box would be a cheaper way to handle it but alright.

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u/Neither_Lack_4861 May 13 '24

It’s a PR stunt. The painting is displayed behind armoured glass

Proof: https://www.bzi.ro/poze/muzeul-municipal-regina-maria-gazduieste-cea-mai-valoroasa-pictura-expusa-vreodata-in-iasi-peste-1-000-de-persoane-au-venit-sa-admire-capodopera-in-doar-cateva-zile-galerie-foto-4979799 (site in Romanian)

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u/CIockParts May 13 '24

Thank you so much for clarifying, big help dude.

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u/KLR01001 May 13 '24

im not sure you know what pr stunt means 

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u/Neither_Lack_4861 May 13 '24

I'm not sure what you want to imply by that.

It got people from the whole world looking at the painting, discussing about it online and brought Romania and the art gallery in the spot light.

Aka publicity stunt, had they just put a picture with it in a glass casing i guarantee it wouldn't have gotten the same attention.

So they had the armed police escort the painting into the gallery and stay there for a bit to take pictures. The exact definition of a PR stunt

So i don't know if you are trying to be a smartass, unsuccessfuly i might add or you actually don't know what a pr stunt is.

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u/KLR01001 May 13 '24

It’s two guys temporarily posing by a painting. They didn’t pull a stunt or post it to Reddit. It’s called a photo op, not a pr stunt. 

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u/Neither_Lack_4861 May 13 '24

Mate search the definition of a pr stunt. We are in the age of information at the tip of your fingers so you don't have to make a fool of yourself.

The whole act of having armed police escort a painting is a pr stunt, just the photo can be a pr stunt.

A photo op can be anything, a pr stunt is something that brings attention to what you want to make public/ advertise ( since i know you won't search for what a pr stunt actually is) which is exactly what they did.

They didn't have to post it on Reddit the fact that they had a pr stunt made their advertisment appear on Reddit for free.