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42224

Type

chapter

Titre

Aesthetics, ethics, and rock art conservation: How far can we go? The case of recent conservation tests carried out in un-engraved outcrops in the Côa Valley, Portugal.

Langues

English

Auteurs

Fernandes, António Pedro Batarda

Éditeurs

Heyd, Thomas / Clegg, John

Lieu de publication

Oxford

Pays de publication

United Kingdom

Maison d'édition

Archaeopress

Date

2008

Pages

p. 85-92

Collection

BAR International Series

Titre de la source

Aesthetics and Rock Art III Symposium. Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbonne, 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol. 10, Session C73.

ISBN

9781407303048

Mots-clés

aesthetics / ethics / conservation of archaeological sites / prevention of deterioration / prehistoric sites / theoretical aspects / rock art / doctrine

Pays mentionnés

Portugal

Monuments et sites

Côa Valley, Portugal

N° Patrimoine mondial

866

Résumé en anglais

Drawing on recent conservation tests carried out in the Côa Valley, we will discuss the aesthetic and ethical limits of rock art conservation work that are reasonable. The whole outcrop, which exists in a certain context that evolves according to a natural and social timetable, is the object to be considered and conserved. This fact should lead rock art researchers, conservators and managers to engage in a long overdue discussion. Do we have the right to manipulate a total art object in a way that changes it into something else? If conservation work is prove to be reallyy necessary, should aesthetic or ethical values be sacrificed – at any cost –to the goal of preservation?

Ressource intégrale

yes

URL

http://www.arte-coa.pt/Ficheiros/Bibliografia/1322/1322.pt.pdf

Document joint

11_Batarda_Fernandes_offprint.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)