The parthenon marbles are a large collection of marble friezes and statues from the classical greek era.
Marbles from the parthenon.
The elgin marbles are sculptures from the parthenon a marble frieze temple aka a doric temple on the athenian acropolis greece built in 447 432 bc and dedicated to the goddess athena.
When the parthenon was built between 447bc and 432bc three sets of sculptures the metopes the frieze and the pediments were created to adorn it.
What are the parthenon marbles.
They were made by the greek architect and sculptor phidias and were an integral part of the temple of parthenon and other temples on the acropolis in athens.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The temple was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the acropolis of athens the british museum explains.
The parthenon and its sculptures marbles have a history which stretches back 2500 years when it was built to honor a goddess called athena.
The parthenon marbles greek.
The pieces were sold to the british museum in london in 1816.
It has been ruined since 1687 when gunpowder stored inside exploded and attackers bombarded the structure.
A section of marble frieze sculpture 438 432 bc from the parthenon in athens part of the collection that is popularly referred to as the elgin marbles at the british museum.
The parthenon marbles have become the most visible and notorious collection of acropolis artifacts still housed in museums across europe often with the justification that such objects are.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈɛlɡɪn are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.
Aka the parthenon marbles the elgin marbles are a large selection of antiquities taken by lord thomas bruce the seventh earl of elgin from greece and shipped to britain between 1801 and 1812.
It has been a christian church and a muslim mosque.