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Examples of the Arts for Life
"The arts continue to enrich and enhance our lives on a daily and lifelong basis. The following are just a few examples of how the arts are integrated into our lives to educate, stimulate, nurture, revitalize, rejuvenate, restore, revive, and generally improve our quality of life."
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"From time immemorial, art has been used as a key means of communication. Figurines unearthed in southwestern Germany have been shown to be carved about 30,000-35,000 years ago, predating the evolution of modern humans and demonstrating an extraordinary level of skill. Other evidence suggests humans were producing art as long as 400,000 years ago.
In many parts of the world, the remnants of earlier civilizations speak to us today through their art: the cave paintings in Lascaux, the treasures of Tutankamon, the frescoes at Santorini, the ancient temples at Angkor Wat, the ruins at Machu Picchu - in Canada, all that remain of a people which once inhabited the Arctic region thousands of years ago are the tiny ivory artefacts depicting birds, fish, and animals. When all else is gone, culture remains as a mute testimony to the life of a people, bearing witness to those who went before, forming part of today's collective heritage, and enriching our lives.
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