Explain why you think art theft is such a costly criminal enterprise and why art is valued so dearly around the world. Support your statement with statistics.

Art takes a lot of time to be made and is taken so much care of additionally some art is made with crushed up semi-valuable stones/materials such as lapis lazuli. This making of art with valuable stones would cost theft because when sold on the market it can range from 100k-1m. The thefts commiters yearly wage.

"the idea of humanism is mostly adeptly reflected in renaissance art by a focus on the body itself, especially with sculpture, where many detailed portraits of the human body (such as the david) were created."