The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Turkish government in Athens, had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to Britain, where they remain, igniting a storm of controversy which has continued to the present day. In the first full-length work on this fiercely debated issue, Christopher Hitchens recounts the history of these precious sculptures and forcefully makes the case for their return to Greece. Drawing out the artistic, moral, legal and political perspectives of the argument, Hitchens's eloquent prose makes The Elgin Marbles an invaluable contribution to one of the most important cultural controversies of our times.
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Christopher Hitchens lives in Washington and writes for Vanity Fair and The Nation. His previous books include Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies, International Territory: the United Nations 1945-95 (with Adam Bartos) and For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports, all from Verso. Robert Browning was Professor Emeritus in Classics at the University of London and the author of numerous books and articles on ancient Greece. Graham Binns has worked in the Arts Council and in the broadcasting and communications industries, during the course of which he became a Philhellene. In 1997 he succeeded Robert Browning as Chairman of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles in 1997.
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I've been fortunate enough to see the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum and might be expected to sympathize with the argument put forward by those who think leaving them in London allows for greater access to more people. Nevertheless the arguments presented here for returning them to Athens to be displayed in the context of the new Parthenon/Acropolis museum made great sense to me. it is hard to read the history and the record of how they arrived in London without being convinced that they really belong to GREECE.
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Used this book as a reference for writing an essay on whether the Elgin Marbles should be returned to Greece. It was indispensable for both historical and debate content.
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The Parthenon Marbles The Marbles never belonged to Elgin, Thomas Bruce, the whatever Earl of whatever. They belong to the temple built to honor Athena, for all that she meant to Athens and the rest of the world. Bruce probably died without ever reaching this essential insight and distinction. And this ignorance is prevalent to this day--not with all persons--but most certainly The British Museum believes as he did. Still living in The Age of Darkness, those Trustees of Art are.
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