The Beholder’s Hurt Feeling

This contribution discusses the implications of Weimar Classicism and its modern consciousness of the hermeneutical difference between antiquity and present on the perception and the methods of restoration. On the basis of Johann Heinrich Meyer’s and Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s experiences with modern...

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Main Author: Claudia Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association CeROArt 2012-04-01
Series:CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/2401
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spelling doaj-art-03f707535ad74d48a6263b0e31229d622025-01-30T14:13:51ZengAssociation CeROArtCeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art1784-50922012-04-0110.4000/ceroart.2401The Beholder’s Hurt FeelingClaudia KellerThis contribution discusses the implications of Weimar Classicism and its modern consciousness of the hermeneutical difference between antiquity and present on the perception and the methods of restoration. On the basis of Johann Heinrich Meyer’s and Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s experiences with modern restoration in Italy it is shown how a critique of previous restorations leads to a new sensibility in dealing with artworks and as a consequence to an aesthetic of the fragment.https://journals.openedition.org/ceroart/2401restorationaestheticstheoryMeyerGoethereception
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The Beholder’s Hurt Feeling
CeROArt : Conservation, Exposition, Restauration d'Objets d'Art
restoration
aesthetics
theory
Meyer
Goethe
reception
title The Beholder’s Hurt Feeling
title_full The Beholder’s Hurt Feeling
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Goethe
reception
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