The Elgin Marbles Refers To

The greeks insist piously that this refers solely to the fight against trade in stolen artefacts since london is a centre for antique dealing.

The elgin marbles refers to.

The parthenon marbles greek. Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures. 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. These included 247 feet of a frieze.

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 elgin marbles. One official said the clause demanded by greece cyprus spain and italy was understood to refer to the marbles a collection of sculptures inscriptions and architectural features which. 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 ambassador to the ottoman empire 1799 1803.

In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from athens between 1801 05 particularly those from the parthenon. Fischer said that the sculptures tell different stories about the parthenon which at various times was a temple of athena a christian church and a mosque. But eu diplomats note that the greek government. The elgin marbles are sculptures from the parthenon a marble frieze temple aka a doric temple on the athenian acropolis greece built in 447 432 bc and dedicated to the goddess athena.

The elgin marbles are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures inscriptions and architectural members that were mostly created by phidias and his assistants. The sculptures that formerly decorated the parthenon temple on the acropolis in athens also known as the elgin marbles were removed more than 200 years ago by lord elgin of scotland when greece.