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We don't use that kind of reasoning in other fields though. I.e. preserving historical architecture is not about restoring the building to how we believe it wa
by xg15 3y ago
We don't use that kind of reasoning in other fields though.
I.e. preserving historical architecture is not about restoring the building to how we believe it was supposed to be shown - otherwise, the Egyptian pyramids would have gotten back their white finish and gold tip long ago.
Instead, we recognise that those buildings are from a different time and try to highlight the feats of that time that make them remarkable still today.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> the Egyptian pyramids would have gotten back their white finish and gold tip long ago. GP isn't even advocating that. They're advocating redoing the finish with marble, or with frameless glass windows, because that would be the modern equivalent to what those buildings were to people in ancient Egypt.