Parthenon Marbles Battle

During the height of the ancient greek empire.
Parthenon marbles battle. Parthenon marbles battle national geographic. The marbles in london were removed from the parthenon in the first decade of the 19th century under the auspices of thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin and were first exhibited in london in 1807. The russian committee for the return of the parthenon marbles is a members of the iarps and their president irina korobina presents their committee s new video entitled battle for the parthenon marbles to watch it please follow the link here. The parthenon is among the greatest national treasures of greece but important parts of it have been displayed at the british museum in london for two centuries.
Not all of the. The parthenon marbles acquired by elgin include some 21 figures from the statuary from the east and west pediments 15 of an original 92 metope panels depicting battles between the lapiths and the centaurs as well as 75 metres of the parthenon frieze which decorated the horizontal course set above the interior architrave of the temple. Elgin the vandal and the thief removed and stole. Dedicated to the greek goddess.
Should they be returned to athens. Below the text that forms part of this video with the presentation made by irina korobina the presentation is in russian with english subtitles and. The metopes of the parthenon are the surviving set of what were originally 92 square carved plaques of pentelic marble originally located above the columns of the parthenon peristyle on the acropolis of athens if they were made by several artists the master builder was certainly phidias they were carved between 447 or 446 bc. As such they represent more than half of what now.
Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity. The battle for the parthenon marbles following the success of the newly opened acropolis museum greek officials are more determined than ever to retrieve their missing heritage. The north side showed scenes from the trojan war. The east side showed the olympian gods fighting giants and the west side showed a battle between greeks and amazons.
The parthenon is among the greatest national treasures of greece but important parts of it have been displayed at the british museum in london for two centuries. The parthenon is a resplendent marble temple built between 447 and 432 b c. 247 feet just under half of the total friezes 1 15 metopes 2 17 pediment 3 and various pieces of architecture figures from the parthenon. Or at the latest 438 bc with 442 bc as the probable date of.