Tiffany Jenkins Marbles

In keeping their marbles tiffany jenkins tells the bloody story of how western museums came to acquire these objects.

Tiffany jenkins marbles.

Power and politics on the acropolis british museum press 2013. The body in ancient greek art british museum press 2015 david stuttard parthenon. Tiffany jenkins how some of the greatest treasures of world archaeology ended up in the musems of the west from the the benin bronzes to the bust of nefertiti looks at the intriguing and sometimes bloody tale of how these objects were wrenched from their original context. That says author tiffany jenkins is the foundation of the modern museum.

How the treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there oxford university press 2016 ian jenkins defining beauty. To the british sociologist and provocateur tiffany jenkins the controversy over the elgin marbles forms a powerful image the telling synecdoche the key example for all the troubles that beset. And it is this enlightened spirit this belief in the possibility of transcendence that she feels is in peril today. Tiffany jenkins is an unabashed supporter of keeping the elgin marbles and many other items in collections like that of the british museum which come from other countries.

How the treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay by tiffany jenkins accessibility books library as well as its powerful features including thousands and thousands of title from favorite author along with the capability to read or download hundreds of boos on your pc or smartphone in minutes. Parthenon marbles should stay sculptures from the parthenon should remain in the british museum in london now whatever george clooney may think writes tiffany jenkins. Order keeping their marbles tiffany jenkins applies her considerable experience of cultural policy to construct an excellent survey her level headed and balanced book is a valuable contribution to the international debate and will enrich audiences and scholars for a long time to come mark fisher spectator. She investigates why repatriation claims have soared in recent decades and demonstrates how it is the guilt and insecurity of the museums themselves that have stoked the demands for return.