I understand the British Museum is again being pressured to return the Elgin marbles to Greece. The sculptures, or more accurately the parts of larger works, were stripped from the Parthenon in the ancient Acropolis above Athens by Lord Elgin. After more than two centuries, isn't it time for these pieces to return home?
As I read about the dismembered marble forms, utterly divorced from their original sculptural origins, with a foot here and a head there, I recalled the art adorning a London home. The sculptures looked to me to be composed of bits and pieces of fired-hardened clay lawn ornaments melded together into works of show-stopping art.
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I see what you mean.
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