Are Sculpture and statues highly regarded today?
• Sculpture an ancient art form still practised today
• Statuary and significant figures from the past
• Objects of timeless beauty
• Attractions, sometimes controversial, in our public spaces
• Statues and sport – outside stadiums, for example
• Carvings and sculptures across cultures can be remarkably similar
• Educational benefits
• For the ancients they were part of everyday life – why not today?
• Their defacement or destruction diminishes us all
• Today we can venerate the artistry both past and present
• Compare to digital art and new media
