Facsimile

DEFINITION

A copy of a work of art that is not intended to be a fake and is labeled as a copy. Source: Julia M. Ehresmann, "The Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms"<br><br>An exact copy or reproduction, as of a document. A method of transmitting images or printed matter by electronic means, usually by telephone. Also, an image transmitted this way, commonly called a fax.(pr. fack-SI-m&#601;-lee)Also see appropriation, counterfeit, forgery, homage, likeness, mirror, representation, simulacrum, and simulation.