Conservation and Restoration

Chances are you probably remember "Beast Jesus"--the fresco painting in a Spanish church that was lovingly "restored" by a local parishioner in 2012, and soon became the laughing-stock of the internet. In today's episode, we discuss this and three other acts of conservation and restoration of works of art and architecture. In addition to explaining what made these acts controversial, we consider why conserving and restoring works of art raises philosophical questions about how we define, understand, and value works of art.

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Conservation and Restoration is an episode from State of the Arts by Art History Happy Hour.

This episode is 53:30 long.

This episode was published on Feb 1, 2016.

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