Painting restoration gone awry, woman does hack job.

[MonsterD]

This is about ART, A-R-T, this is not about anything else. Calm yourselves down. Actually heard about this a few days ago but never saw the video until now.

Spanish media reported that an elderly woman, upset by the deterioration of the aging 19th century fresco in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in the town of Borja, decided to fix it.
The unhappy results were perhaps most memorably compared to "a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic" Link

This was a fresco over 100 years old:

http://s17.postimage.org/kqqe0t3cd/e81.jpg


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[MapleLeaf]

...likeness. Should have used MS Paint.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Reminds me of the Bean movie and him working on the Whislter's mother painting.

 

[Signals]

...likeness. Should have used MS Paint.

:laugh2: which reminds me, we need a another ms paint thread started up.

 

[vta]

This is about ART, A-R-T, this is not about anything else. Calm yourselves down.

By God you're right. I only pray some can keep their religion out of this! But I have very little faith in their ability to do so...


I saw this yesterday. As horrible as it is, I can't stop laughing at the picture. She must be senile.

"a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic"

 

[MonsterD]

I saw this yesterday. As horrible as it is, I can't stop laughing at the picture. She must be senile.