Posted on 05/05/2015 1:12:24 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Authorities are looking into the claims of a local craftsman who raised concerns over the condition of at least 10 mosaics at the Hatay Archaeology Museum, the Hurriyet Daily News website reports. Mehmet Daskapan first spoke out in an interview with a local paper in February, but the news was only picked up by mainstream Turkish media on Monday. "Valuable pieces from the Roman period have been ruined," Mr Daskapan told the Antakya Gazetesi website at the time. "They have become caricatures of their former selves. Some are in an especially poor condition and have lost their originality and value."
Before and after photos of the mosaics presented by Mr Daskapan show the "restored" versions looking significantly different to the originals. Some stones appear to have been replaced with different colours and shapes, changing the facial expressions of the characters depicted. A report on the Radikal website has suggested the images could have been Photoshopped, but the site later noted that the region's governor had nonetheless closed off the section housing the mosaics in question.
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Turkish media have likened the episode to an elderly Spanish woman's attempt to restore a Jesus Christ fresco in 2012. The finished product, on the wall of a church near Zaragoza, looked nothing like the original image.
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....Turkish media have likened the episode to an elderly Spanish woman's attempt to restore a Jesus Christ fresco in 2012. The finished product, on the wall of a church near Zaragoza, looked nothing like the original image.
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You seriously need to see this enlarged. Click on link:
http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2011/11/fall-of-roman-empire-new-painting.html
By J
Serious barf alert!
This is a perfect example of the Dunning Kruger Effect. Not only did some idiot restorer not recognize their own lack of talent, none of their supervisors could perceive the damage.
It is typical for people in the 10-15th percentile of any measurable capacity to think they are in the 60-65th percentile. The mediocre and inferior are out of control. The superior have gone Galt, and no one has noticed.
bfl
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