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 british museum in london.
Who made the elgin marbles.
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.
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.
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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.
Designed by the swiss born new york based bernard tschumi the three level structure begins to express its agenda in the way it defers to an ancient settlement that was discovered during.
A british ambassador to the ottoman empire lord elgin was fascinated with the concept of classical greek history and took particular interest in the parthenon s marble statues while visiting the acropolis.
Just over 200 years ago when lord elgin acquired them the ottomans ruled greece.
Initially the ambassador only called for sketches to be made of the statues.
Installed in the british museum london they are freely accessible and.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british ambassador to the ottoman empire 1799 1803.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.