Emphasis Preaching Journal

There is a distinction made in building and in art between restoration and renovation. The former merely brings back into existence what previously was, while the latter cleans it up, refurbishes it, and makes it better than ever.

In Liverpool, England in 1965, Henry Holiday's nineteenth-century painting of Dante's rendezvous with Beatrice was shipped to Rome to be exhibited. However, it was improperly packaged and placed in an unpressurized hold. When it arrived, the valuable painting was reduced to a fragile jigsaw puzzle.