Comments on: “Restoration” Ruins Centuries-Old Buddhist Frescos http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/restoration-ruins-centuries-old-buddhist-frescos/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yomero http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/restoration-ruins-centuries-old-buddhist-frescos/#comment-233716 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:06:33 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19379#comment-233716 The problem isn’t the colors used. It’s a fact that many works of art that need restoration are known to had very vibrant colors when they were freshly painted. Even some scientist already state that the terracotta warriors were painted in gaudy colors.

The problem, if you cared to look at the images, is they didn’t do a restoration job, they completely destroyed the original and painted some children’s book cover art over it.

]]> By: Yomero http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/restoration-ruins-centuries-old-buddhist-frescos/#comment-233713 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:58:49 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19379#comment-233713 They should have called Cecilia Gimenez to help them. It would have ended just as good as her Jesus Christ fresco restoration XD

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/restoration-ruins-centuries-old-buddhist-frescos/#comment-233589 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:33:03 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19379#comment-233589 Food for thought: what we think of as Western perfection of simplicity of form – ancient Greek statues – were actually similarly painted in these gaudy colors during their time, they just faded to white over the centuries.

]]> By: mpr http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/restoration-ruins-centuries-old-buddhist-frescos/#comment-233540 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:34:46 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19379#comment-233540 I’m a fan of this blog.

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