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.
What happened to the elgin marbles.
He spent a fortune doing this.
These are the years that lord elgin was in athens greece as a diplomat.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
In practice the term is commonly used to refer to the stone objects he gathered an official greek website prefers looted from.
It all happened sometime between 1801 and 1805.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
He wanted to save them.
What is commonly referred to today as the so called 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.
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.
The costs of shipping the marbles were paid out of lord elgin s own pocket.
The elgin marbles.
He calculated he had spent a total of 74 000 in expenses and bribes more than a million dollars in today s money.
The parthenon marbles greek.
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 parthenon marbles also known as the elgin marbles are one of the must see collections held by london s british museum beautiful and iconic they are given pride of place in the museum and considered one of the collection highlights but their situation there is not without its controversies.