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- From: gph@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (G. Paul Houtz)
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:07:02 GMT
- Subject: Re: Re: Scraping versus Sanding
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- dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com (Craig Jackson) writes:
- >
- >One other note in the scraping vs sanding/work-ethic debate:
- >
- >Only the finest work of 300 years ago survives. Most of the utilitarian stuff
- >was thrown out.
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-
- This is an interesting opinion, and probably there is some truth in it,
- however, be careful.
-
- Much "art" and furniture of the past survives for reasons that have little
- to do with how "fine" they are. Many things get preserved accidentally
- because of circumstances, and many wonderful things get destroyed
- inadvertently by war, catastrophe, religion, etc.
-
- Changing tastes are probably the most destructive forces, causing true
- works of art of recently departed era to be thrown out with the trash.
- This is why much of Teleman's inferior music was preserved, and why much
- of Johann Sebastian Bach's music was used to wrap fish.
-
- Just an observation.
-