Notre Dame Cathedral

[Dill]

(04-16-2019, 08:54 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I don't know about that. We're more advanced technologically than they were in the 12th century. At the absolute worst, craftsmen should be able to recreate what was lost.

I think the reason you don't see buildings like the Cathedral of Notre Dame built anymore is because of the cost of beauty and art (which is harder to justify when everything is being optimized for profit in the modern age of architecture). 

If you gave an architect a budget for artistic vision, I see no reason why they'd not be able to come up with something as beautiful today.

C-Dawg, we have craftsmen who can make mediocre replicas of some things.  It really depends on what is lost.  We don't really have painters who can replicate 16th-17th century painting--even the best forgers get caught.  We can probably recreate the outward appearance so that tourists will not be able to tell the difference.  

On the good side, it looks like the stained glass windows have mostly survived. Also, because of the renovation, copper statues of the apostles and some paintings had already been removed, so it's not a total loss. 

Europeans are good at renovating exteriors too.  If the stone is not too damaged, the shell of the cathedral will be saved.