Walter C. Gwin Sr. HUMN-B21 Elgin Marbles I will take the position that the Elgin Marbles should remain in the British museum. Ancient artifacts are a means of understanding a culture’s value system‚ their beliefs and their worldview. It is important that these artifacts be preserved as much as possible. The Parthenon is “the greatest of all Greek temples. It was built in the old Doric order‚ even though it was built in the middle of the classical age when the Ionic style was coming into vogue”
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on. The amount of history that you pick up is immense. Its the oft remembered comment “once seen is better than ten times heard” or read. I shall never forget the battlefields of Gettysburg. You will see plays‚ art‚ churches‚ monuments‚ museums (the British museum where the Rosetta stone is housed or the Louvre where the Mona Lisa is) and famous of Stone Henge. You could in all likelihood meet different people from all parts
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to and from work and in the home. Computers are now considered the most effective‚ accurate and comprehensive means of an acquiring knowledge on any topic. From our computer we can take an aerial tour Disneyland. We can get information from the British Museum Library or from the Library of Congress in America. With the proper equipment we can sit at our computer and communicate with someone anywhere in the world. With the help of our computers we can send e-mail‚ receive electronic newsletters even
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first alcove on the right contains telephone directories of almost every country in the world — Argentina‚ Australia‚ Austria‚ Belgium‚ and so on‚ besides directories of important addresses in each country. There is also a street directory of every British town of any size‚ with the streets in alphabetical order‚ and the residents’ names‚ as a rule‚ against their number in the street‚ while in another section the residents themselves are listed in alphabetical order. Next there are technical
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Elgin was tried for theft even though Greece ’s contemporary law had allowed him to remove them. The charges could not hold up in court and he was eventually and rightfully exonerated. After falling into dept Elgin had little choice in but to the British government. I firmly believe the statues should remain in Britain‚ the opposition might claim that the Greeks have a cultural right to them. But as Appiah argued in chapter 7‚ the Greeks of the 21st century are no culturally similar to the ancient
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Art History 1 Museums as a Ritual In the article “The Art Museum As Rital‚” in Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums by Carol Duncan‚ she compares art museums to religious seculars in the sense that they are not only similar in architecture‚ but also in their meaning and purpose; rituality. She goes on to state that unlike churches and other various places of worship‚ museums are also secular places. At such places‚ “the secular truth became the authoritative truth.” When I went to
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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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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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The British Museum‚ home to 100 objects‚ explores and unravels fascinating truths of human history dating from two million years ago to the present. In each object‚ historians are able to establish what was important to individuals living at a specific point in time when the object was used or created. Objects such as the Maya Maize God Statue‚ the Egyptian Clay Model of Cattle‚ and the Chinese Zhou Ritual Vessel‚ reveal different rituals in various cultures. The unique cultural rituals associated
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controversy whether or not artifacts should remain in museums or they should be returned back to their regions of origins. Antiquities are the essential part of their countries where it shows their unique cultural and historical history. If these relics of the ancient world remove from their country of origins then people will no longer to be able to enjoy those artistry. That is why I believed those cultural artifacts should not be remain in museum. Antiquities are the better way to
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