10-24-2012, 02:31 PM
With paintings there are techniques to either remove "proper" restorations or use special X-Rays to be able to see the original.
York Minster (that's a big ass cathedral by the way) is currently being restored, as in every single piece of outside stone is being removed and replaced with an identical new piece, in essence it won't be the same building. But you can't stop stone from being weathered, and much of it's detailed splendour has long been lost. If it wasn't restored it would eventually become a ruin. And by restoration it can once again be the building it was meant to be.
I don't know if it's right, but I can't see of an alternative.
York Minster (that's a big ass cathedral by the way) is currently being restored, as in every single piece of outside stone is being removed and replaced with an identical new piece, in essence it won't be the same building. But you can't stop stone from being weathered, and much of it's detailed splendour has long been lost. If it wasn't restored it would eventually become a ruin. And by restoration it can once again be the building it was meant to be.
I don't know if it's right, but I can't see of an alternative.