Discussion: how could we know about the Greeks without visiting museums with real Greek objects in them? How do we use objects to think about the past? Write about if the Nazis had taken Nelson’s column, just as we have Cleopatra’s Needle and the Marbles. Talk about whether art should be displayed as its maker intended? How do children want to display their own art? What are we building now that will last 2000 years? In what materials? Try out how far the material dictates what you can make and what you think is beautiful.

Look at Dodwell’s outrage. How would we say “inexpressible mortification” nowadays? Make powerful sentences using long words.