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Why do you suppose that cities, more than 5000 years after their invention, remain humanity's premier mode of cultural expression? What are the ecological benefits versus the costs?
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Hi, Cynthia Williams, this gives very good foundation information consistant with my personal lifelong study of the bible.
While the art of the Egyptians is well known, is there evidence of any types of art forms among the pastoral groups that we spoke of last Wednesday? Is there any mention in scripture of types of art?
--Brayden
A good question regarding 'pastoral art', Brayden. It raises the issue of how utilitarian vs. aesthetic ancient rural populations were (and how they allocated their finite ecological matter & energy). There's not a lot of extant archaeological evidence for this kind of art, but that does not mean it did not exist. For instance, there's an interesting reference in Genesis 31:19ff. regarding 'household gods', suggesting the presence of religious iconography in rural domestic settings.
pdk
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