Deceptichum@quokk.au to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIsabella de’ Medici [1574 & ~1700s] (Before and After Removal of Victorian Era beautification)quokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkIsabella de’ Medici [1574 & ~1700s] (Before and After Removal of Victorian Era beautification)quokk.auDeceptichum@quokk.au to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
TIL: The Victorians used to put beauty filters on old paintings to make them fit the standards of the day.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s nice to see the old varnish gone, too. But it is amazing to see the amount of overpaint people applied to pictures in the past. Modern conservation is covering only damaged parts, not repainting half the picture.
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It’s nice to see the old varnish gone, too. But it is amazing to see the amount of overpaint people applied to pictures in the past. Modern conservation is covering only damaged parts, not repainting half the picture.