how do pieces of art (paintings, pottery, statues etc) retain their value when being restored?
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If it’s not high value it most likely won’t be restored so that’d be the answer it’s a very high value piece of art to begin with usually
because value in art isn’t something that will never change and is a permanent property of the piece, value is determined by what people, humans, value it at. if some Billionaire really likes some piece of art, and wants it restored to what it originally looked like, even if that means it isnt 100% original, and is willing to pay 45 million dollars for it, then its going to be valued at 45 millions dollars, because thats what someone is willing to pay.
the only thing that makes art valuable is a generally agreement that it is, if everyone decided tomorrow that Leonardo davincis art is actually awful and garbage, no one would care about the mona lisa or how much its worth anymore, because no ones willing to pay anything for it or care if it gets destroyed.
In general modern conservationists use materials and techniques that are completely reversible and have as little impact on the original artist’s vision as possible. For example when touching up a painting that has been damaged there will be a coat of varnish to separate the original paint from the new conservationist’s paint. The paints and varnish they use are such that they can be removed without damaging the piece, hence the original work remains unchanged. If someone for some reason chooses that they want to undo the conservation in the future it’s entirely possible, especially when the conservation has been well documented.
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