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Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Artīecause they are prone to rapid decay, even complete disappearance, biological materials used in contemporary art pose a range of unique conservation, logistical, ethical, and conceptual challenges. Generously illustrated essays consider a wide range of artistic and other material evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, and inscriptions, Egypt and the Classical World sheds light on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Late Period and Ptolemaic dynasty to the Roman Empire. Read online and download in multiple formats for free, or buy the paperbackĮgypt and the Classical World: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity Essays offer readers critical insights and point toward research, policy, and action agendas to protect both people and cultural heritage. Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220-4007 USA, (Phone) 804.204.2760 or 804.204.2761, (Fax) on immovable cultural heritage, this volume’s guiding framework is the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), a United Nations resolution adopted in 2005 to permit international intervention against crimes of war or genocide. Requests to reproduce and/or republish any materials on this web site should be addressed to the VMFA Office of Rights and Reproductions at: (Address) 200 N. Public domain images downloaded from the VMFA web site should be credited: "Image courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts." Additional caption information is provided with the downloaded image file. Images that are only presented as thumbnails are protected by copyright and are not available for download. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act. The Museum does not warrant that the use of materials displayed on this site will not infringe on the rights of third parties, such as artists or artists' heirs holding the rights to these works. Use of text and images in which VMFA holds the copyright is permitted, with attribution, under the terms and conditions of a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC).Ĭopyright and other proprietary rights in material on this site may be held by individuals or entities other than or in addition to VMFA. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, unless otherwise noted.
