The Elgin Marbles or the Parthenon Marbles

Introduction

The issue of Elgin Marbles is long standing between UK and Greece. Both the countries claim the right of possession of the marble and at the same time both countries seems to have appropriate arguments to support their claim. Bruce Thomas was one of the 7th Earl of Elgin. The Elgin married Mary Nisbet of Earlton in 1795, a wealthy heiress. Elgin's appreciation for art and the nobility of Britishers made him to appoint Thomas Harrison as an Architect, because he knows everything about both Greek and Roman styles of Greece. Elgin aspirations were filled in 1799, the year he was appointed British ambassador to Constantinople. Greece was ruled by Turks as they have conquered it and ruled the complete Greece including Athens.

Discussion

The Parthenon is one of the greatest artistic achievements of all time. Several sculptures were removed from the temple and taken to England. The famous "Elgin Marbles" are currently in London. But an important question: Where should these sculptures? Here we will tell the history of the Sculptures of the Parthenon, based on the letter "The Parthenon and the Elgin Marbles" by Epaminondas Vranopoulos, published by The Society for Euboia Studies in 1985.

In their desire to familiarize his countrymen with Greek antiquities Elgin assembled a team of painters, architects and molders in plaster. In August 1800 Lord Elgin's team, led by the Reverend Philip Hunt and the Italian Giovanni Batista Lusieri, a landscape painter of the overall project manager, arrived in Athens. However, DISD, or military governor of the Acropolis, they demanded a sign, or authorization, to go up there because the Acropolis was a military installation. The group of artists recruited by Elgin spent the time copying and measuring other monuments of Athens. Six months later managed to bribe the governor and were allowed to begin work on the Acropolis, but when trying to do the emptying of the Parthenon sculptures were denied entry into the Acropolis by rumours of a French attack. Given that the Acropolis was a military fortress was to protect the city, was needed special sign, an official letter from the Grand Vizier in Constantinople civil governor (voivod) and the presiding judge (kadi) of Athens in which they give permission to continue their work. On June 17, 1801 the British made to capitulate to the French army in Cairo (Christopher et.al 1987, pp. 16-91).

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