Retracing Art

By Ryan Hamadeh

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends (1868) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

So long have historians traced the beginnings of man, so long have they found the traces of art alongside him. The story of art can also be seen as being that of man, both go hand in hand, where we find art, we also find man. Art alongside language seem to be th…