F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1999/1-2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1999)

MŰHELY - Dávid Ferenc: Megjegyzés a Parisiana kritikájához

considers that symbolical explanation is the opposite of rationality. According to him decorative details with symbolical content were used only by art nouveau, and not by this forerunner of art deco. The second part of his article is proving the inaccuracy of our facade reconstruction. On the occasion of the second rebuilding made between 1950-1952 the level of the facade was put backwards and a concrete wall was used for supporting the facade wall. We did not want to pull it down, although it touched the outlines of the most important motifs of the facade, and modified the angle of the rims. I tried to describe this reason and the resulting inaccuracies in the catalogue partly with the intention of documentation, partly to express that it is impossible to make an accurate reconstruction of complex architectural works, an imitation is only possible.