Sculptures and architecture provide lasting patterns for future artistic endeavors.

Evidence

And once buildings and sculptures exist, they last, and become the pattern for the future. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 674

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 674
• XREF: connects to: Mathematical patterns outlast artistic ones because they are built purely out of ideas — G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician’s Apology, 166; Culture requires routing one’s perfection through external objects and spheres — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 555

Broader Connections

• Culture requires routing one’s perfection through external objects and spheres #expands (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 555