British Museum Acropolis Marbles

Parthenon marbles elgin marbles artist phidias year c.
British museum acropolis marbles. The greeks might have lost the marbles if. Should the acropolis receive the marbles from the british museum a new museum in athens must be in place to store all the sculptures since the space at the museum might not be enough. The british museum is prevented by uk law from returning the marbles although the labour leader jeremy corbyn has said he would repatriate them if his party were elected. Like the acropolis museum the marbles in london are housed in a purpose built room the duveen gallery room 18.
There are no current discussions with the greek government on this issue. Even now the marbles at the british museum are often referred to as the elgin marbles as if he had a hand in creating them. 447 438 bce type marble dimensions 75 m 246 ft location british museum london the parthenon marbles greek. Lord elgin sold the marbles to the british government who passed them on to the british museum in 1817 where they remain one of its most prized exhibits.
It was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the acropolis of athens. The temple s great size and lavish use of white marble was intended to show off the city s power and wealth at the height of its empire. The parthenon marbles a major money making display at the british museum have been the subject of an ongoing dispute between greece and the uk. γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n 1 are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his.
The 2 500 year old sculptures were illegally torn off the parthenon in the.