Principiul autenticității în Carte de conservare-restaurare și ghiduri operaționale
The Concept of Authenticity in Conservation-restoration Charters and Operational Guidelines

Summary/Abstract: Complex, dynamic, and controversial, the principle of authenticity in the practice of conservation-restoration is part of many international theoretical texts. The present essay presents and analyzes critically how authenticity is reflected by: the Venice Charter (1964), the UNESCO Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, the Nara Document on Authenticity (1994), the Declaration of San Antonio (1996), and the Riga Charter on Authenticity and Historical Reconstruction in Relationship to Cultural Heritage (2000). Having either a worldwide or regional impact in the field of conservation-restoration, these theoretical texts are the object of many professional debates and studies on authenticity, regarded from both theoretical and practical perspectives. As they are the product of a different space and time, they also highlight the importance conferred until now upon authenticity in the field of conservation-restoration of cultural heritage.

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