Opinion | Why saving art during war can be as important as saving lives

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Laura Brandon: A civilization's art and architecture are the final words they leave to the future. - NBCNewsTHINK

A civilization's art and architecture are the final words they leave to the future.

After the war, the artwork was returned, unpacked, dusted off and gingerly carried into museums, restored once more for quiet enjoyment. Almost every Sunday in my teens, I was able to take the No. 88 double-decker bus to the Tate Gallery on Millbank to feast my eyes on that institution's remarkable global and British collections. I also traveled to the National Gallery and learned to love its wonderful paintings and sculptures.

A monument of the city founder Duke de Richelieu is covered with sand bags for protection in central Odessa, Ukraine, on March 9, 2022.and custom the protection of artwork and architecture under fire. Since 1899, the Hague and Geneva conventions have forbidden signatories from entertaining the wanton destruction of property in wartime. These conventions are easily violated yet make it easier to galvanize a populace when that line has been crossed.

 

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THINK Do you believe saving art can be just as important as saving lives during a war?

THINK Catholic monks have preserve ancient texts around the world since mid-early AD. It's important, but not as important as human life.

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