Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles by Christopher Hitchens

Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles

Christopher Hitchens with Robert Browning, Graham Binns

137 pages hardcover 1987

5 editions

nonfiction art history politics informative reflective medium-paced
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The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks...

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