Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics
| Autor: | Steven D Hales |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | British Journal of Aesthetics. |
| ISSN: | 1468-2842 0007-0904 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aesthj/ayac038 |
| Popis: | In the restoration of art and artifacts there are three salient types of value to consider: relic, aesthetic, and practical. Relic value includes an object’s age, aura, originality, authenticity, and epistemic value. Aesthetic value is connected to how an object looks, sounds, or tastes. Practical value involves whether a thing can be used as designed—whether a book can be read, a building occupied, a car driven. I argue that while these are all legitimate values, it is impossible for a restorer to maximize them all. I conclude that restoration inexorably involves aesthetic choices; there is no supreme value to be maximized and we should be pluralists about the right balance of values. Restoration is like baking a cake; there are many wrong ways to do it, but there are many right ways as well. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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