I looked them up to find that one of my most beloved images is changed by restoration to what seems more of a Fra Angelica. This my first impression.
It is a poignant example how every thing changes. The Last Judgement of Michaelangelo was changing to the point of not being able to be seen at all, now again is changed in it's cleaning.
So these examples of fresco that first influenced me so, now contain a different lesson.
I remember when I last saw the Massacios or I guess I didn't see them as they were undergoing this cleaning. There was a big corporate Olivetti sign in the Church declaring them as the sponsor of the work!
Anyhow reality keeps changing and certainly our's is vastly different from Massacio's time but it seems the restorers wanted the Massacios to be more modern, more like us.
