TY - GEN
T1 - Questions of Authenticity after Six Re-restorations of the Wall Paintings in Fjenneslev Church
AU - Brajer, Isabelle Eve
AU - Haslund, Ida
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This article presents a case involving particularly difficult decisions pertaining to the aesthetic presentation of the Romanesque wall paintings in Fjenneslev Church (Denmark), which have undergone six major re-restorations in the past hundred years. The application of widely acknowledged modern ethical principles during the most recent intervention (2003) is questioned, and the result or consequence of an alternative course of action is discussed. The conclusion of these arguments might serve as an illustration for the need to apply a wider set of criteria in special cases where material authenticity is dubious, in order to stress other aspects of authenticity relating to a painting’s social and cultural setting.
AB - This article presents a case involving particularly difficult decisions pertaining to the aesthetic presentation of the Romanesque wall paintings in Fjenneslev Church (Denmark), which have undergone six major re-restorations in the past hundred years. The application of widely acknowledged modern ethical principles during the most recent intervention (2003) is questioned, and the result or consequence of an alternative course of action is discussed. The conclusion of these arguments might serve as an illustration for the need to apply a wider set of criteria in special cases where material authenticity is dubious, in order to stress other aspects of authenticity relating to a painting’s social and cultural setting.
KW - wall paintings, mural paintings, aesthetic problems, reintegration, retouching, reconstruction, authenticity, ethical principles
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 1016
EP - 1021
BT - ICOM Committee for Conservation Preprints, 14th Triennial Meeting
A2 - Brigland, J.
ER -