41781
Title Of Article Chaper
The wall paintings in Tirsted Church: problems of aesthetic presentation after the fourth re-restoration
Title Of Journal Book
ICOM Committee for Conservation, ICOM-CC : 13th Triennial Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, 22-27 September 2002 : preprints
Volume
1
Pages
153-159
Collation
7 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Publisher
ICOM-CC; James & James
Publisher City
London
ISBN
1-902916-30-1
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Throughout the 20th century, numerous interventions were carried out on the wall paintings in Tirsted Church, including four complete re-restorations and many local attempts to preserve deteriorated scenes. During several of these re-restorations the pictorial content was repeatedly altered according to the whim of the restorer. The most recent re-restoration of the paintings took place in 1999 and 2000. After completing the technical treatments, the conservators faced difficult decisions about the aesthetic presentation. The case study presented here describes the historical background, and the technical, ethical and esthetical problems influencing these decisions. -- SCMRE
Keywords
wall; painting; mural; reconstruction; completion; ethics; aesthetics; authenticity -- SCMRE
pub_id
41781