Supervisors info:
Ελένη Γέμτου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Φιλοσοφίας της Επιστήμης, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Summary:
In the present study, the reader is introduced to a problematic that has emerged in recent decades through the field of cultural heritage protection. The topic is discussed at the beginning historically to then formulate questions such as: What does sculpture restoration mean and how does this term differ from conservation? When and why should it be done? What criteria does the conservator use to proceed with the restoration work? How the viewer perceives this result and how prepared he is to discover the virtues of a good restoration. Is there the meaning of the beautiful in works that have been restored or the whole process follows specific rules that are served inexorably and without any kind of personal stamp of the modern conservator-restorer. What meaning are served in such a work? How does one perceive the image of the ancient sculpture and what is its meta image. What purposes does a restoration serve and on what other factors does it depend. This work is completed with characteristic examples of restored sculptures from Greek museums
Keywords:
Aesthetics, Restoration, refinish, conservation, reconstruction, sculpture, original, monument, ruin, patina, structural restoration, surface restoration, museography, representation, spectator, crisis, museum
