On The Elgin Marbles
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Elgin Marbles
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Author : Ennio Quirino Visconti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1816
Elgin Marbles written by Ennio Quirino Visconti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1816 with Elgin marbles categories.
The Elgin Marbles
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 1997
The Elgin Marbles written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Art categories.
The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. 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. In the first full-length work on this fiercely debated issue, Christopher Hitchens recounts the history of these precious sculptures and forcefully makes the case for their return to Greece. Drawing out the artistic, moral, legal and political perspectives of the argument, Hitchens's eloquent prose makes The Elgin Marbles an invaluable contribution to one of the most important cultural controversies of our times.
The Elgin Marbles
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Author : Dorothy King
language : en
Publisher: Hutchinson Publishing Group
Release Date : 2006
The Elgin Marbles written by Dorothy King and has been published by Hutchinson Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Classical antiquities categories.
Oxbow says: This book's author does not shy away from expressing her opinions on the destruction of ancient sites in Greece and her belief that the Elgin Marbles are best left in the care of the British Museum, or at least for the time being.
Imperial Spoils
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Release Date : 1988
Imperial Spoils written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Hill & Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Art categories.
Traces the history of the Parthenon, explains how and why its sculptures and friezes were taken to Britain, and discusses the arguments for returning them
The Elgin Marbles
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Author : Edward John Burrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1817
The Elgin Marbles written by Edward John Burrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1817 with Athens (Greece) categories.
The Elgin Marbles
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Author : B. F. Cook
language : en
Publisher: British Museum Press
Release Date : 1997
The Elgin Marbles written by B. F. Cook and has been published by British Museum Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Elgin marbles categories.
The Parthenon sculptures collected by Lord Elgin nearly 200 years ago rank amongst the highest achievements of mankind. Since they went on display in the British Museum in 1817, artists, scholars, poets and millions of visitors have stood before them in wonder. This book tells their story, beginning in the fifth century BC when the Parthenon was built in Athens. The author explains what the sculptures represent, who made them and how they fitted into the grand design of the temple. He describes their gradual destruction by religious zealots, beseiging Venetians and other vandals before Lord Elgin brought them to the safety of London.
On The Elgin Marbles
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Author : William Hazlitt
language : en
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Release Date : 2008
On The Elgin Marbles written by William Hazlitt and has been published by Hesperus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
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Thinking About The Elgin Marbles
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Author : John Henry Merryman
language : en
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Thinking About The Elgin Marbles written by John Henry Merryman and has been published by Kluwer Law International B.V. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Law categories.
The new edition of this insightful work begins with a critical reexamination of the rival Greek and British claims to the Elgin Marbles. That case study identifies the questions that continue to dominate the growing international debate about cultural property policy and which are subsequently explored in a newly expanded array of essays. The work goes on to pay particular attention to the law and policy relating to cultural property export controls and the evolution and development of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on the Return of Stolen and Illegally Exported Cultural Property. The second part of this highly regarded book addresses a number of contemporary art law issues in essays on counterfeit art, the moral rights of artists, the artist's resale right (droit de suite),the litigation over the Mark Rothko estate, and problems of museum trustee negligence, conflict of interests, and misuse of inside information.
The Parthenon Sculptures
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Author : Ian Dennis Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2007
The Parthenon Sculptures written by Ian Dennis Jenkins and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
The Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum are unrivaled examples of classical Greek art, an inspiration to artists and writers since their creation in the fifth century bce. A superb visual introduction to these wonders of antiquity, this book offers a photographic tour of the most famous of the surviving sculptures from ancient Greece, viewed within their cultural and art-historical context. Ian Jenkins offers an account of the history of the Parthenon and its architectural refinements. He introduces the sculptures as architecture--pediments, metopes, Ionic frieze--and provides an overview of their subject matter and possible meaning for the people of ancient Athens. Accompanying photographs focus on the pediment sculptures that filled the triangular gables at each end of the temple; the metopes that crowned the architrave surmounting the outer columns; and the frieze that ran around the four sides of the building, inside the colonnade. Comparative images, showing the sculptures in full and fine detail, bring out particular features of design and help to contrast Greek ideas with those of other cultures. The book further reflects on how, over 2,500 years, the cultural identity of the Parthenon sculptures has changed. In particular, Jenkins expands on the irony of our intimate knowledge and appreciation of the sculptures--a relationship far more intense than that experienced by their ancient, intended spectators--as they have been transformed from architectural ornaments into objects of art.
The Parthenon Marbles
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2016-05-31
The Parthenon Marbles written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with Social Science categories.
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they were subsequently seized by Parliament and sold to the British Museum to help pay off his debts. This scandal, exacerbated by the inept handling of the sculptures by their self-appointed guardians, remains unresolved to this day. In his fierce, eloquent account of a shameful piece of British imperial history, Christopher Hitchens makes the moral, artistic, legal and political case for re-unifying the Parthenon frieze in Athens. The opening of the New Acropolis Museum emphatically trumps the British Museum's long-standing (if always questionable) objection that there is nowhere in Athens to house the Parthenon Marbles. With contributions by Nadine Gordimer and Professor Charalambos Bouras, The Parthenon Marbles will surely end all arguments about where these great treasures belong, and help bring a two-centuries-old disgrace to a just conclusion.