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Can I read Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics on EtoBox?
Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics by Steven D Hales is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics about?
Abstract 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 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.
Who reads Value Pluralism in Restoration Aesthetics?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Arts and Humanities.
- Author
- Steven D Hales
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)