In this review of A Masterpiece Close-Up: The Transfiguration by Raphael, a traveling exhibition of 1:1 scale and three times to five times magnification Polaroid photographs of Raphael's painting made after its 1976 cleaning, Turner discusses the implications that the use of that type of photographic reproduction has for the study of art. Most of the essay is devoted to musings on the objectivity of such reproductions as they are an aesthetic experience in themselves, and their usefulness in differentiating original surface from later accretions. A description of the equipment and set-up for large scale Polaroid photography is provided. -- AATA