The Elgin Marbles Book

In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.

The elgin marbles book.

Based on the slender size of this book i was expecting a fairly general overview. The elgin marbles designed and executed by phidias to adorn the parthenon are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient greece. I m re reading this book while reading karen essex book stealing athena for the first time. γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.

The parthenon sculptures collected by lord elgin nearly 200 years ago rank amongst the highest achievements of mankind. Robert browning 1812 1889 was one of the foremost victorian poets and playwrights. Christopher hitchens is a contributing editor to vanity fair and the author of the best selling god is not great his books published by verso include the trial of henry kissinger no one left to lie to the missionary position unacknowledged legislation the parthenon marbles hostage to history and more. The elgin marbles.

The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas. Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures. Books advanced search new releases best sellers more children s books textbooks textbook rentals sell us your books best books of the month 1 16 of 163 results for books. Elgin marbles skip to main search results.

The parthenon marbles greek. The elgin marbles is a 2006 book by american archaeologist dorothy king about the 5th century bce classical greek marble sculptures known as the elgin marbles. In 1801 lord elgin then british ambassador to the turkish government in athens had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to britain where they remain igniting a storm of controversy which has continued to the present day. This book tells their story beginning in the fifth century bc when the parthenon was built in athens.

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. I was profoundly wrong hitchens and the authors of the opening and closing essays examine issues relating to the elgin marbles in great depth and detail providing analysis of the political artistic and moral components of issues relating to repatriation. I m fascinated with the story of the elgin marbles and mary elgin s role in this affair. There is terrific source materials on this topic in the form of detailed letters and journals written by mary elgin.