The Parthenon Marbles
The Case for Reunification
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they were subsequently seized by Parliament and sold to the British Museum to help pay off Elgin's debts.This scandal, exacerbated by the inept handling of the sculptures by their self-appointed guardians, remains unresolved to this day. In his fierce, eloquent account of a shameful piece of British imperial history, Christopher Hitchens makes the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78663-181-7
- EAN: 9781786631817
- Produktnummer: 20456275
- Verlag: Verso
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 161 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'248 KB
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