I just came back from a CPR class and was astounded how life-saving maneuvers changed over the years. For example, you lean over a chair or a table in order to cure self choking. I remember when it was put your fist and hand below the breastbone and push! It made me think of how much information changes over the years. Art, however, stays consistent. Art tells stories. Our personal stories, illustrated from our saved children's artwork through the years, our cultural stories which helps us identify our heritage, and most important our civilizations stories.
Its important not only to preserve beautiful artwork, but also terrifying art displayed at museums commemorating events such as the holocaust, or the Spanish inquisition. Art is knowledge, pure and simple. It records events we would soon forget. It doesn't change with time or "discovery". It is the purest of sciences. Why? Because it tells the truth of the artists views, emotions, or events as they see them. Just like we embrace our children's art as precious. We as a society must embrace art that way also.
