Argumentative Essay: Should There Be Restoring Art?

There is always a difference in opinion when it comes to art, should we restore or leave it alone. The idea of restoring a piece of art back to the original glory is a controversial and touchy subject with many view points for both sides. I believe that the majority of the population would agree not to restore the art piece for reasons of taking away from its integrity. Yet, I find myself disagreeing with them. In this paper, I argue that we should be restoring art to the artist original concept. Some important information to take in to consideration in reference to this discussion is that to “restore” something means to bring the item in question back to the original creation. For example when we speak about restoration, I do not mean to merely fill in cracks or dust off the item but rather to repaint, repair, and refurbish the item to what the artist had created originally. A museums is place where art and other objects of importance’s or put on displace …show more content…
This is just not the case, from 1980-1994, a team of artists worked to restore the Sistine Chapel frescoes, which was originally painted by Michelangelo. Of course when the discussion for wither or not to restore the chapel arose many argued against it. The church ultimately decided to go through with it and they experienced great success in the overall look of the chapel and the increase of tourist attraction. I attribute this to the tours wanting to see Michelangelo’s work being restored so the guest could view the chapel as it was back in the 1500’s when it was originally painted. Now if you ask who painted the Sistine chapel most people, if they knew, would say it was Michelangelo. They would not say it was painted by the restoration team because it is still Michelangelo’s creation just brought back to its original