Beyond Architecture
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The hardness of modern machine-made meth- ods completely ruins that verve and feeling which is the vital force in mediaeval art. Here again the restoration is so much the more mischievous that it is not easy to dis- entangle the new portions from the ancient. Better a thousand times, from an artistic standpoint, a ruin than a restored building. The ruin may have a certain picturesqueness of its own; at any rate it tells no lies. What is there is genuine, is mediaeval. The practised eye may imag...ine missing portions, recon- structing mentally the building as it was. In the restored building, however, the origi- nal beauty is hopelessly and forever lost. Not even the most experienced eye can reconstitute the edifice as it was, strip it of the modern metallic hardness, re-invest it with its ancient poetry. It cannot be emphasized too solemnly that restoration of mediaeval work is destruc- tion of mediaeval art.
It would be as vain to attempt to restore the ruined Gothic churches as to repaint the lost pictures of Apelles.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The hardness of modern machine-made meth- ods completely ruins that verve and feeling which is the vital force in mediaeval art. Here again the restoration is so much the more mischievous that it is not easy to dis- entangle the new portions from the ancient. Better a thousand times, from an artistic standpoint, a ruin than a restored building. The ruin may have a certain picturesqueness of its own; at any rate it tells no lies. What is there is genuine, is mediaeval. The practised eye may imag...ine missing portions, recon- structing mentally the building as it was. In the restored building, however, the origi- nal beauty is hopelessly and forever lost. Not even the most experienced eye can reconstitute the edifice as it was, strip it of the modern metallic hardness, re-invest it with its ancient poetry. It cannot be emphasized too solemnly that restoration of mediaeval work is destruc- tion of mediaeval art.
It would be as vain to attempt to restore the ruined Gothic churches as to repaint the lost pictures of Apelles.
What to read after Beyond Architecture?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Arthur Kingsley Porter to read onlineMoreLess
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