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The marbles acquired by Elgin include some 21 figures from the statuary from the east and west pediments, 15 of an original 92 metope panels depicting battles between the Lapiths and the centaurs, as well as 75 metres of the Parthenon frieze which decorated the horizontal course set above the interior architrave of the temple. As such, they ...
He built the Duveen Gallery of the British Museum to house the Elgin Marbles and funded a major extension of the Tate Gallery. [citation needed] He was also controversial, said to have damaged old masters by 'overcleaning' and his name is associated with the Parthenon marbles 'scouring' scandal. [1]
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, FSA Scot (/ ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n / EL-ghin; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat, and collector, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon and other structures on the Acropolis of Athens.
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It took a series of shipments to send all of the Elgin Marbles to England. A U.K. Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 ruled he had acquired them legally, and the collection was sold to the ...
Articles relating to the Elgin Marbles and their depictions, a collection of sculptures and other parts of the Parthenon (and other sacred and ceremonial structures built on the Acropolis of Athens) taken by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, while Greece was under Ottoman rule, and sent to Britain.
Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. [3] One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture , with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985.
Wilson was born on 30 October 1931 in Dacre Banks, near Harrogate, England. [2] He was the son of Joseph Wilson, a minister, and Nora, a lecturer. [2] From 1941 to 1950, Wilson was educated at Kingswood School, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational) in Bath, [3] followed by St John's College, Cambridge, from where he obtained a Master of Arts. [2]