Marbles Of The Parthenon

Thirty six are in athens fifty six are in the british museum and one is in the louvre.
Marbles of the parthenon. The elgin marbles sometimes referred to as the parthenon sculptures are a collection of marble sculptures that originally adorned the top of the exterior of the parthenon in athens greece and. Of these ninety four still exist either intact or broken. During the height of the ancient greek empire. The parthenon marbles also known as the elgin marbles are one of the must see collections held by london s british museum beautiful and iconic they are given pride of place in the museum and considered one of the collection highlights but their situation there is not without its controversies.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants. Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures. The parthenon marbles greek. There were originally 115 panels in the frieze.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british. Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity. Not all of the parthenon marbles however survive down to the present day.