The Elgin Marbles, Romanticism & the Waning of 'Ideal Beauty'

The Elgin Marbles, Romanticism & the Waning of 'Ideal Beauty'

On Jun 7, 1816, the House of Commons, after an unprecedented debate voted to purchase a collection of ancient Greek marbles from Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin. Gurstein explores how the purchase of the marbles marked the end of a tradition that had made a cult of the "ideal beauty&quo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2002-09, Vol.131 (4), p.88-100
1. Verfasser: Gurstein, Rochelle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aesthetic judgment
Aesthetics
Ancient Greek
Ancient history
Antiquities
Area studies
Art exhibitions
Beauty
Classical civilizations
Collections and collecting
Criticism and interpretation
Greek civilization
Greek language
Historic artifacts
History
Idealism
Marble sculpture
Marble sculptures
Nature
Renaissance art
Romanticism
Sculptors
Sculpture
Statues
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Zusammenfassung:On Jun 7, 1816, the House of Commons, after an unprecedented debate voted to purchase a collection of ancient Greek marbles from Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin. Gurstein explores how the purchase of the marbles marked the end of a tradition that had made a cult of the "ideal beauty" of ancient scripture.
ISSN:0011-5266
1548-6192