A stone in a place: reflections on the replication of historical artifacts
Material heritage is always a casualty of war, and sometimes combatants even target the treasured artifacts of their enemies. In either case, products of art and engineering that have marked the history of a region for centuries are damaged, often irreparably. Heavily damaged or destroyed objects may be mourned, rebuilt, or replaced, and in our own time even replicated to a high degree of exactitude. The results of these latter efforts have proven controversial, and the value