"As we live today, we constantly throw things away, so it is even more astonishing that things survive."
Curator of Egyptian art Dorothea Arnold marvels at the survival and preservation of cultural artifacts in today's culture of obsolescence.
Connections: Survival
Curator of Egyptian art Dorothea Arnold marvels at the survival and preservation of cultural artifacts in today's culture of obsolescence.
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Daniel Chester French
Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studio
1889–93, carved 1921–26
Philippe Laurent Roland
ca. 1774
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE
Roman
2nd century CE
Félix Bonfils
1860s–70s, printed ca. 1870
Ingura people
1940s–1950s
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1528
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1653
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)
1650
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
ca. 3450–3300 B.C.