Parthenon Sculptures Elgin Marbles
It is precisely because the surviving sculptures are to be found in two countries 1500 miles apart that the greek government has requested the return of the parthenon marbles from the british museum so that they can be reunited in one collection in the museum which has now been built at the foot of the acropolis hill on which the remains of.
Parthenon sculptures elgin marbles. The elgin marbles is the nickname of a very large collection of marble sculptures that were taken from the ruins of the parthenon in greece and brought to britain back in 1801 to 1805 by 7th earl of elgin thomas bruce. The parthenon marbles greek. 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 parthenon sculptures also called parthenon marbles or elgin marbles are split between several museums despite numerous similar cases of contested ownership of cultural property few loan or return requests are successful.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas. The elgin marbles a collection of stone sculptures and inscriptions more properly known as the parthenon sculptures was acquired by lord elgin in athens greece between 1801 and 1805 and today lives in london s british museum. The elgin marbles. 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.
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. In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from. Elginism aims to raise awareness by publicising the issue cataloguing news on it as well as working in conjunction with various campaigns including marbles reunited.