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dc.coverage.spatialSite: British Museum (London, England, United Kingdom)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1837-1937 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (British cast maker)en_US
dc.date1837-1937en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-29T20:25:05Z
dc.date.available2013-01-29T20:25:05Z
dc.date.issued1837-1937en_US
dc.identifier189669en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1753en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98205
dc.descriptionBlock 15; "Elgin Marbles" is a popular term for the collection of sculpture from the Parthenon acquired by Lord Elgin in Athens between 1801-1805. The collection includes other works from the Acropolis as well. The Parthenon sculpture includes roughly half of what now survives: 247 feet of the original 524 feet of frieze; 15 of 92 metopes; 17 figures from the pediments, and various other pieces of architecture. The sculptures were presumably washed by some means in Elgin's possession. They must have been washed again in 1816, when casts were made of them by the sculptor Richard Westmacott, and washed again around 1836-1837, when they were moulded for the second and last time. The cast room allows visually impaired visitors a touch tour of the frieze and Parthenon model. Source: British Museum [website]; http://www.britishmuseum.org (accessed 6/14/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumplasteren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectMuseologyen_US
dc.subjectRestoration and conservationen_US
dc.subjectteaching collectionen_US
dc.subjectmuseum educationen_US
dc.subjectreproductionsen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleBritish Museum Parthenon Room [18a and b]en_US
dc.title.alternativeElgin Marbles: Plaster Cast Roomen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A3-G-BM-EM-7-A16en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniquecasting (process) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypereplicaen_US
vra.worktypemodel (representation)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (British cast maker)en_US


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