The Elgin Marbles Are Believed To Be The Work Of

γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈɛlɡɪn are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.

The elgin marbles are believed to be the work of.

By michael kimmelman show more. That the parthenon had been ruined and that the sculptures were now out of context. The term elgin marbles refers to the collection of marbles that lord elgin took from the acropolis in 1801 that are now housed in the the collection includes about half of all the marbles that remained of the parthenon including just under half of the frieze and much of its pediment. Because of its ongoing preservation efforts and the legacy of the objects i believe that the elgin marbles belong to the greek government.

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. The new acropolis museum which opened in 2009 at a cost of 175 million continues to hold space for the missing marbles in its third floor parthenon gallery exhibiting facsimiles of the absent antiquities last month greece s culture minister said that athens would step up its campaign for the return of the elgin marbles and believed its. The marble statues of the parthenon were taken during a vulnerable time for the greeks and today they have proven that they are deserving and able to own the elgin marbles.

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 parthenon marbles greek. There s more to the british museum than the elgin marbles in digital form.