In many ways the marbles are emblematic of the development of modern ideas of national heritage and global display which.
British museum elgin marbles controversy.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
Why are the elgin marbles so controversial and everything else you need to know the british museum has lent one of the elgin marbles to russia.
Even if the treasures were returned to athens many more of the original sculptures are lost forever meaning the set will never be complete.
Lord elgin began negotiations for the sale of the collection to the british museum in 1811 but negotiations failed despite the support of british artists after the government.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british.
Controversy over their acquisition by the british museum continues to this day.
In 1801 a british nobleman stripped the parthenon of many of its sculptures and took them to england.
The british museum thinks it best to house the elgin marbles in an international context where cultures can be compared and contrasted across time and place.
The elgin marbles refer to a collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details dating back to the fifth century bc which are currently kept in the british museum london.
Ian jenkins the parthenon sculptures in the british museum british museum press 2007 ian jenkins greek architecture and its sculpture in the british museum british museum press 2006 mary beard the parthenon profile 2002 william st clair lord elgin and the marbles 3rd edition oxford university press 1998.
The british defend their ownership of the marbles based on greece s lack of an adequate museum and the fact that they paid for the pieces mcguigan 2.
The elgin marbles are still one of the most popular displays at the british museum getty it seems unlikely that several hundred tonnes of marble from mount pentelicus near athens could have a.