This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Antiquity of Decorative Art and Paint Preservation
An exploration of paint’s origins from ancient kitchens to Babylon walls, Moses, Thebes murals, Greek ship coatings, Roman ruins, and Christian mosaics. The piece traces paint as preservation and beauty, noting its role in steel, bridges, and modern interiors, ending with its pervasive presence in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Moses
Jordan
Canaan
Thebes
Pliny
Pompeii
Justinian
Saint Sophia
Constantinople
Brooklyn Bridge