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 elgen marbles.
Greece on saturday urged britain to return the parthenon marbles often known as the elgin marbles as one of the world s greatest ancient sites the acropolis re opens after the coronavirus.
It was exactly 200 years ago in 1816 that the british museum acquired the elgin marbles from lord elgin former.
The elgin marbles nowadays known as the parthenon sculptures are arguably the most controversial art collection in the world.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
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.
The elgin marbles.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Lord elgin a staunch patriot had turned down lucrative offers from other governments for the treasures and argued all along that the marbles would add luster to britain s imperial image.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
The new acropolis museum in athens is a 200 million 226 000 square foot state of the art rebuttal to britain s argument for keeping the elgin marbles.
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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.