He is thinking with and through his visual and material sources - paintings, prints, statues, magazines, cartoons, drawings, buildings, photographs, and diagrams.
Once the rain had ceased, red cloaks were placed on the statues in order to invite the sun to return.
Furthermore, when you examine the statue up close, you immediately recognise i the robust poet immortalised in bronze.
Small objects, such as pots, seals and statues, had a cultural environment in the ancient past.
Only the non-architectural finds, such as statues, seals or tablets, which were and are shown in separate rooms, could be rearranged without unjustifiable effort.
The rest of the section further reinforces the gap between the statue's mythology and reality.
Much the same could be said of the exotic plants in the parks' inevitable conservatories as well as the statues, grottoes, fountains and pavilions.
Conversely, a statue is also about what is forgotten.