[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Carcharoth]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Compare that creative effort to--for example--the creative intuition of
> reconstructing Admiral David Farragut's eyes.

Some would say that any attempt to recreate the eyes and present it as
a "restored" photograph is misleading. It crosses the line into a a
new creation, rather than a restoration. Intuitive, maybe, creative,
yes, but accurate? Who can tell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Sistine_Chapel_frescoes#Eyes

If you paint the eyes back onto the Sistine Chapel ceiling, have you
truly restored it? Or have you created something new?

Carcharoth