On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Durova <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip> > Compare that creative effort to--for example--the creative intuition of > reconstructing Admiral David Farragut's eyes. Some would say that any attempt to recreate the eyes and present it as a "restored" photograph is misleading. It crosses the line into a a new creation, rather than a restoration. Intuitive, maybe, creative, yes, but accurate? Who can tell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes#Eyes If you paint the eyes back onto the Sistine Chapel ceiling, have you truly restored it? Or have you created something new? Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
