1. A piece that uses actual light as a medium. (hint: there’s a really cool one under the street connecting the two buildings.) The Light Inside‚ James Turrell‚ 1999 2. A piece that is by an Asian artist. White Porcelain Jar with Cloud and Dragon Pattern‚ Joseon Dynasty‚ 19th Century 3. A piece that is of an idealized form.(hint: the Greeks tended to do this in their sculpture) Standing Yaksi‚ Kushan Empire‚ Mathura‚ 2nd-3rd centuries 4. A piece that plays with scale. Apollo Flaying
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I. Identification 1. The Issue The British Museum‚ located in London‚ England‚ purchased the Parthenon Marbles‚ also known as the Elgin Marbles‚ from Lord Elgin on July 11‚ 1816 through an Act of Parliament (1). The Parthenon marbles consist of 115 panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens
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artifacts and works of art can be seen as some of the most important elements of the past in today’s museums. Some considerations for acquisitions upon an ancient piece must be made. Research and correct installation are just the beginning parts of securing a particular artifact. Preparation of grant proposals and ensuring proper storage are two needed steps in the process of decision. The message that the museum seeks to convey to the audience is quite imperative. It is important that only the artifacts
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of a museum is to protect and conserve the different artifacts that represent human history throughout the world for the sake of human knowledge‚ understanding‚ and enjoyment of the beauty and wisdom from different cultures. The main principle of a Historical museum is to pass on information to future generations in order to avoid repetition of specific historical events. Although‚ by exposition to museums including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)‚ Toul Slen Genocide Museum in Cambodia
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country and put it in their own museum for visitors to see. This document has so much importance to the United State of America and it just would not be right for someone else to be showing it off. This is the issue that has risen with the Elgin Marbles. These marbles hold such a large part of Greek history and art but they are being seen by others in the British Museum. The Greeks have tried for decades to get these important items returned but the British Museum just does not want to let them
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Archaeological Museum In this report‚ I’m going to write about my expressions about Istanbul Archaeological Museum and then I will focus on Egyptian tomb find which is a section of Ancient Orient Museum. Istanbul Archaeological Museum is the first museums of Turkey and also a great museum which have several collections from different cultures and periods. The museum firstly fascinates me from its courtyard‚ because I perceived the building of Archeological Museum‚ Tiled Kiosk Museum and Ancient Orient
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exterior walls of a temple (“Parthenon Sculptures”). The real heat of the argument begins in the early twentieth century when a restoration movement was put into motion (Venieri). Greece wants their art back‚ as they have spent a great deal of money on a museum to house them. Though the legality and ownership of the Elgin Marbles remains a controversy‚ a compromise can be reached for their location. The British‚ however‚ do have quite a serious claim to the legal possession of the marbles. Consequently‚
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kept in Britain‚ or returned to Greece‚ has been a frenzied dispute since the early 1800’s. Lord Elgin originally took possession of the Marbles to either salvage them from being further destroyed‚ or he bought them and re-sold them to the British Museum. Whether Lord Elgin‚ ambassador to the then ruling Ottoman empire‚ had the authority to handle the Marbles presents great confusion‚ “[a]s to whether Elgin had legal authority to remove the marbles‚ the Ottomans being the ruling power‚ as the British
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their contemporary locality in the British Museum has been the subject to rigorous debate from historians‚ politicians and the general public alike. The major contemporary arguments supporting the return of the marbles to Greece involve the fact that the Greek government has accepted concerns regarding inadequate conservational facilities in Greece and implemented corrections through the building of an entirely new facility known as the Acropolis Museum. Furthermore‚ the Parthenon Marbles are a part
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and the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles. In the 19th century‚ Lord Elgin removed Marble sculptures from the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens and sold them to the British Museum where they have been on display since. Arguments of both legal and moral standing have been put forward by both parties‚ in regard to where the Marbles
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