Matthew said 03 27 15 at 9 55 pm.
The elgin marbles are named after.
At its broadest the term elgin marbles refers to a collection of stone sculptures and architectural pieces which thomas bruce seventh lord elgin gathered during his service as ambassador to the court of the ottoman sultan in istanbul.
It has expressed its disapproval of elgin s removal of the marbles from the acropolis and the parthenon which is regarded as one of the world s greatest cultural monuments.
These are quite weird arguments.
After concluding that the marbles were suffering in situ he removed the pedimental sculptures metopes and portions of the frieze to return to england.
England did not buy it fair and square lord elgin had a permit only to make casts take pieces.
It s not polite to call the elgin marbles the elgin marbles anymore.
Not even in the british museum where the ancient greek sculptures and reliefs have resided since the early 19th century after a.
After regaining independence in 1832 the greek government has petitioned for the return of the parthenon marbles a number of times.
The elgin marbles.
The elgin marbles are a collection of classical greek.
If the elgin marbles are part of their religion then i think they should be returned to athens but england did buy it fair and square so there is a good argument for both sides.
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In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
Today much controversy surrounds the ownership elgin marbles.
2016 marked 200 years since greece was robbed of its famous parthenon marbles known around the world as the so called elgin marbles the culture crime was committed by thomas bruce the.
The marbles were installed and first exhibited in the elgin room at the british museum in 1832 and were later moved to the duveen gallery and opened to public viewing in 1962.
After gaining its independence from the ottoman empire in 1832 the newly founded greek state began a series of projects to restore its monuments and retrieve looted art.
Unfortunately most of.