![]() ![]() They would repaint and repair as best they could and tried to figure it out as they went along. A lot of what we see in my studio are restorations done by a local artist or frame shop. It was difficult to find anyone who knew anything about restoration, especially here in the south. However, over here in the Colonies in the late 18th, 19th and into the 20th centuries, there wasn’t that kind of tradition. Their techniques were not anything we would use today–they often repainted entire paintings in oils or used hide glue to line paintings. In general, Europe has a long tradition of restoration where the masters passed their secret techniques along to their apprentices. Credit Agence France-Presse - Getty Images From left, the original version by Elías García Martínez, a 19th-century painter a deteriorated version of the fresco the restored version by Cecilia Giménez. Did these artists even look at cats, or did they just slap a human face on a catlike shape? Who knows? Perhaps readers have their own theories that are theirs.īut when Laurie sent me the first such picture, it reminded me of this completely screwed-up attempt by a Spanish woman “artist” to restore a damaged fresco, resulting in what the New York Times called “probably the worst art restoration project of all time.” (From NYT): The three versions of the “ecce homo” fresco of Jesus. One thing I noticed in Laurie’s collection is that the malformed cats, like the two above, often have humanlike faces. Laurie shows lots of grotesque attempts to depict felids (giving her funny responses), and I’ll show but two: on cats what ain’t cats“, which shows something I’ve long recognized: medieval artists simply couldn’t paint cats accurately. And I’d be remiss if I didn’t direct you to her most recent post, “. ![]() …on myriad themes, including – but, not limited to – ancient Rome to cats (especially THEO!) to “The Walking Dead” to Amsterdam to atheism to hockey to “Everybody Loves Raymond” to “Les Mis” and almost ALWAYS quotes Emerson! One of our readers, Laurie Sidoni, has started her own website, A Classicist Writes, covering a mix of topics that looks propitious: ![]()
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