Botched Art Restoration Renders Virgin Mary Unrecognizable

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Botched Art Restoration Renders Virgin Mary Unrecognizable

The failed makeover—one of several to surface in Spain in recent years—has prompted calls for stricter regulation of the field

June 25, 2020

In the past decade, tales of art “restorations” gone wrong have alternatively delighted and horrified social media users. Many of these fiascos have happened in Spain: Take, for instance, a disfigured fresco of Jesus, now known as the Monkey Christ, that went viral in 2012, or a 16th-century sculpture of St. George that underwent “unrestoration” after a failed attempt left its subject looking more like Tintin than a legendary dragon slayer.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ary-180975170/

[The Lawspeaker]

Does anyone really believe that these are accidents ? I don't.

[Petalpusher]

This is very much like when im trying for fun to draw a renown painting on a piece of paper.