Posted on 01/18/2018 5:15:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The idea is to show how the headless figures taught Rodin that the body could express emotion, as shown in his masterpiece 'The Kiss' and because he never visited Greece, experts say he may have picked up the idea from some of his 15 visits to the British Museum. This, it is argued by British Museum, shows why the museum is the right setting for the Marbles, acquired from the ruins of the Parthenon by Lord Elgin and brought to Britain about 200 years ago.
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The idea is to show how the headless figures taught Rodin that the body could express emotion, as shown in his masterpiece 'The Kiss' and because he never visited Greece, experts say he may have picked up the idea from some of his 15 visits to the British Museum. This, it is argued by British Museum, shows why the museum is the right setting for the Marbles, acquired from the ruins of the Parthenon by Lord Elgin and brought to Britain about 200 years ago.
I hate to jump into this controversy, but that makes no ************* sense.
A better reason is that the Muslim rulers of Greece at that time were recycling ancient artwork into building materials. Those marbles survived because the British kept them out of Muslim hands.
It used to be that the Brits could claim, “We saved them from destruction by the Muslims, and we’re going to keep them.” But I’m not sure how much longer that will be true.
I posted mine before I saw yours. I hope the Muslims won’t get their hands on them again.
I am usually in favor of Colonial powers, and have no doubt that their being in the British Museum was a good thing. Still I think they should be returned to Greece.
I also think South Carolina should return the body of Osceola to Florida.
I always think of a quote from an old Three Stooges short.
Larry Fine: “Is he crooked”
Moe Howard: “Crooked! the guys done more chiseling than Rodin!”
Yeah, the less ya have to dust around, the better.
:^)
The Venetians shelled the Parthenon and set off explosions in the ammo the Turks had stored in or near it, and the explosion did much of the damage.
The rest of the damage was done over a period of several generations by the British Museum, because the marbles looked dirty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles
True, that. But the Venetians wouldn’t have had to shell it if the Turks weren’t using the top of the Parthenon hill as a fortress. And if they hadn’t stored ammunition in it.
That is probably the lamest PC explanation of the year. They return to Greece, they will end up destroyed by islamists as European culture is once again erased. Of course, if we pretend that there are no borders and no culture is permanent, and all populations should be fluid, then Greece has little real claim to any ancient treasure. One world vs nationalism collides with reality again.
Not to worry...there are perfectly good replicas in Nashville.
The Greeks are upset because they lost their marbles.
Way to miss the point.
Another twenty years and the Greeks threw off the Turkish yoke. There was no ISIS back then gratuitously blowing up ****.
The Venetians didn’t worry about the structure at all, and shot at it with cannon.
The British are clinging to them as part of their past glory, kinda like the way they undermined Rhodesia because it hadn’t declared independence right, and it’s obvious where that led.
No one except the Greeks care passionately about them, and the sculptures are part of *their* heritage.
There’s a wonderful Rodin museum in Philadelphia.
http://www.rodinmuseum.org/492-518.html
They have a copy of his Gates of Hell.
Thanks so much, SunkenCiv. Sculpture is another one of my passions.
And, yes, the Parthenon Marbles should stay in London. Just how are people to understand great art and history if every artifact has to be returned to its country of origin?
The Elgin Marbles are not just some artifact found in some country years ago.
They are part of what most people consider the most beautiful building every built. It is not as magnificent as some but for sheer form and beauty, I agree. They fit the Parthenon like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
:^)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/.../parthenon-sculptures-british-museum -controversy/
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2441103.stm
And I’m waithing to hear why the have the right to the rock of Gibraltar.
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