The Queen of Refurbishments- Opinion of this fresco

[Niemeyerite]

An 80-year old woman refurbished a fresco of "Ecce Homo" in the little village of Borja, in Aragón. IMHO, she improved it, what do you think?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/9491391/Elderly-woman-destroys-19th-century-fresco-with-DIY-restoration.html

I've been laughing since yesterday's night, and I can't stop =S. This woman is my new hero. She reminds me of Mr. Bean when he tries to repare "The mother of Whistler" in the film. LoL.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Ah, that's devastating!

[Platypus]

Honestly, the original wasn't anything particularly amazing, which is evident considering the way they allowed it to deteriorate.

The new one actually has a bit of personality, even if that wasn't the aim.

[Lief 🗽]

I also instantly thought of that Mr. Bean skit, hahah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQevyIy8hzs

[The Mikado]

The triptych of the originals with it is amazing and is a work of art in itself.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The glories of abstract art!

[RedPrometheus]

The new version actually reminds me of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchhichi

[opebo]

This thread cheered me up today.  A bad day, but things like this help.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

This thread cheered me up today.  A bad day, but things like this help.

Also, call girls may help....

As for the painting- was this intentional or a mistake?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Honestly, the original wasn't anything particularly amazing, which is evident considering the way they allowed it to deteriorate.

The new one actually has a bit of personality, even if that wasn't the aim.

The original was sentimentally valuable to the community even though everybody involved admitted it wasn't worth much in any objective sense.

[Insula Dei]

Brilliant! This woman ought to be applauded. She seems to be a more able and amusing version of the Chapman brothers. (Remember their little adventure with a complete set of the Disasters of War?)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

[Niemeyerite]

This thread cheered me up today.  A bad day, but things like this help.

Also, call girls may help....

As for the painting- was this intentional or a mistake?

Intentional. But she was trying to fix the fresco, actually. She was trying to "make the church look more beautiful".

And here you have the artist, Cecilia Giménez:

[fezzyfestoon]

Absolutely glorious. I was giggling like an idiot at this on the bus this morning. What a sweet lady.

[minionofmidas]

While she's a little bonkers and a little senile and her improvements to the top half are clearly not in the spirit of the original creator (and that little scroll thingy at the bottom! I only just noticed that!) in all fairness she wasn't finished with it yet when they stopped her, and I guess the lower half of the face wouldn't have ended up looking quite as ridiculous as it now does otherwise.

And yes, definitely a Monchhichi. They were quite the rage among German children when I was about six years old. I had one.

[Redalgo]

This is terrible and I think the story itself as also terrible. I'd have only voted FF if I had a dark sense of humor. xD