Elgin Marbles

Here, our encounter with the text shifts to the Mariner’s sense of gratitude for his existence, an intellectual starting point that West coins: “not having it all” (West). Subverting romantic wholeness, we examine Keats 1817 poem, “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles.” To begin, the speaker personalize the text with “My” in an opening confession of deficiency: “My spirit is too weak – mortality” (1). Barley able to finish the line, the speaker continues on with the impression that all pleasure has its…

depiction of the temple can only be seen from the drawings of Jacques Carrey, a Flemish artist in the 1670s. From 1801 to 1803, Thomas Bruce, Lord Elgin, brought most of the surviving sculptures to England. For the past two centuries, they have been on exhibit in the British Museum, although Greece has appealed many times for the return of the “Elgin Marbles” and built a new museum near the Acropolis to house them. In 1975, the British government with collaboration and help of some European…

Yale University once housed crates of items from Machu Picchu that date back to the 15th century. Yale purchased the items from Peru, the University displayed many of the items including ceramics, jewelry, and human remains at the Peabody museum for over 100 years. However, the government of Peru sued to have the artifacts returned and in 2010 Peru won and Yale returned the artifacts. Peru won the court case on the basis that the artifacts were the cultural heritage of the people of Peru (Buying…

single unit. However, this idea cannot be substantiated because of “… extensive editorial improvements…” as Marvin calls it. This, sadly is a result of a personal alteration based on the restorers own perceptions and expectations. Much like the Elgin marbles which were stripped of all traces of paint because the restorers thought they should be pure…

It was made of glistening white marble and its design was thought to epitomize ideal proportions (pg. 381). Up until 1687, the Parthenon had a timber roof covered with marble tiles but was destroyed when Turkish army munitions stored there exploded. Also while it was first made, the structure was covered with sculptures that were painted in red, yellow…

Early figures were modeled in bronze or carved in stone and this was evolved itself from the traditional Egyptian art. “The first life-size marble sculptures from the traditional Egyptian format: the male body was depicted fully in the nude and it did not conform to the overall shape of the block of stone from which it was carved.” (Cunningham/Reich, 61) The pieces that exemplify the Archaic…

out. The main reason to me, that Britain does not want anything to do with repatriation, is that then they would need to return many trophies of war and collecting from when they were an empire. Which would include may prized artifacts like the Elgin Marbles. Which would more than likely need to be returned to Greece. Yes, I understand repatriation mainly applies to remains and grave good but if it was implement in Britain many cultures who want their “stolen” artifacts back would try to use…

Keats’ short and tragic life left him with less options to enjoy and celebrate the colours of nature and fruits of love. His odes are communicate a host of emotions which strived to find expression. Keats’ preoccupation with self, his fear of pain and death, his unfulfilled desires of love, his tendency to escape from the agonising present to nature or to a world of fancy are some predominant emotions which find their place in different forms in his poetry. Through all his odes, there runs a…

Madeline and Porphyro exit the chamber as a ghost at the end of the poem, when the poet returns to the frame of the winter outside, the cold stone bodies and he reveals the uncertain life of Madeline and Porphyro. He confirms that both Madeline and Porhphyro have been gone for many years. In spite of that there is uncertainty about the fate of the lovers whether they find happiness or tragedy. Keats simply says that “They are gone: ay, ages long ago / These lovers fled away into the storm”…