Discusses the details behind the controversy surrounding the cleaning of the Elgin marbles undertaken by workers at the British Museum (BM) in 1938. Action taken by the BM upon discovery of the unauthorized type of treatment of the Elgin Marbles; Variations in expert opinion regarding the state ...
We have to create space in the judicial system for faster and more regular prosecution of the new real criminals of the modern age; the gang leaders and organised crime bosses behind human trafficking, drug supply chains and illegal migration, the sex offenders and the evil people who abuse so...
The Yamatai Controversy Andonyama kofun – burial mound of Emperor Sujin Known in academia as“The Yamatai Controversy” , in the last century archaeologists and historians had two main contenders for the location of Yamatai. Kinki in the Yamato region of Japan and Northern Kyushu. However, an...
story of the Parthenon sculptures, or perhaps more correctly, many people have some knowledge of the story behind the Elgin Marbles & as such, each person has developed their own views on the sub- ject, their own idea of what is the correct view to take, of who is right & who is ...
I’ll continue to use the Elgin Marbles question because it provides a better example. My research question is: Did Lord Elgin’s contemporaries consider his acquisition of the Parthenon marbles legal? The keywords/phrases I developed are: “Elgin Marbles,” controversy, acquisition, legality, ...
Manet instead exhibited at the Salon des Refuses where it sparked public notoriety and controversy. I don’t think it has anything whatsoever to do with prostitution and the scandalous reaction relates more to misinterpretation and the prudish moral climate of 19th century. Manet’s composition ...
This past September the Beijing-based artist, never one to shy from controversy, posted on his Twitter account photographs of himself in a German hospital being treated for head injuries sustained during an encounter with Chinese police preventing him from testifying at an activist’s trial. ...
- "When the unveiling of the long-lost Salvator Mundi was cancelled last month, there were cries of fake. But is there more to the controversy surrounding the world’s most expensive painting?" The grim truth behind Britain's stately homes - "Many of these country estates are indelibly link...
Behind the Breath ‘Fear is excitement without breath’ is a famous quote by one of the founders of Gestalt Therapy, Fritz Perls. His partner, Laura Perls, arguably, had a major influence on the birth and development of this therapeutic modality, particularly in its focus on embodied work. ...
Fun fact: Hornblower’s implied sexual encounter with a Russian Countess caused controversy when the story first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. * George Orwell’s dystopian talking-animal adventure Animal Farm. After the pigs Snowball and Napoleon lead a revolution against the drunken farmer...