OK you alls from the big cities, I got a ? for ya.  You alls have heard the
story about the old fella that was real attached to his "old ax."  He said
the handle had been replaced 5 times and the blade twice but it was so good
to have an old fashioned tool that lasted so well.  Now for the ?, does his
ax have either integrity or authenticity?  Ruth






At 7:28 AM -0600 3/22/01, Score, Robert wrote:
>If integrity can be reproduced, does that mean that a reconstructed copy of
>a building has the same integrity as the original. If that is the case then
>Disney World  would have 5/8th the integrity of the countries in euroupe
>which it so smartly copies at 5/8th scale or colonial williamsburg has the
>same integrity as it would if it were original. Unfortunatly, it seems to me
>that once integrity or authenticity is carelessly destroyed it is at best
>greatly reduced from its original, no matter how good the recreation. That
>is the premisis of preserving structures inlieu of letting them go to pot
>and then recreating them when it is convient.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Cagnetta [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:59 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Authenticity vs. integrity
>
>
>Integrity can be reproduced, authenticity cannot.

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Ruth Barton
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