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Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

By Mary Lowell on July 7, 2017
Conserve or Restore? A Question of Ancestor Kisses

Conserve: To protect from loss or harm; to keep quantity and quality constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes. Restore: To bring back into existence or use; to return to an original condition. Close in definition, the differences when applied to art treasures can be catastrophic. Consider the botched effort to “restore” Elías […]

Posted in Iconography, Theory | Tagged Andreas Ritzos, Angelos Akotantos, Cleveland Museum of Art, Conservator, Cretan School, Crete, Dean Yoder, Elena Valentinovna King, Eleousa Theotokos, fresco, Helen Collis, Heraklion, Hieromonk Seraphim Oftalmopoulou, iconographer, iconography, Icons, Ksenia Pokrovsky, Mary Lowell, mount athos, Orthodox Church, Panagia Pantovasilissa, Pskov Art Museum, Raphina, St. Andrew Antiochian Orthodox Church Lexington, St. Petersburg Academy of Art, Triglia July 9, 2017
 

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