The Parthenon Marbles Dispute Several art museums around the world have been created with the sole purpose to culturally enlighten and entertain us. An appropriate example is the local Nelson Atkins Museum‚ right here in our own backyard of Kansas City‚ where collections from Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ and Japan increase our understanding and appreciation for different geographical regions. In England‚ the British Museum is arguably one of the best in the world at displaying this kind of internationalism
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and put it in their own museum for visitors to see. This document has so much importance to the United State of America and it just would not be right for someone else to be showing it off. This is the issue that has risen with the Elgin Marbles. These marbles hold such a large part of Greek history and art but they are being seen by others in the British Museum. The Greeks have tried for decades to get these important items returned but the British Museum just does not want to let them go.
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symbol of a nation’s power—and who should own it is central to the debate of returning artifacts to their countries of origin. The argument predominantly revolves around the marbles removed from the Parthenon by the British Lord Elgin. While the Greek government does not recognize the British Museum as the owner of the Parthenon Marbles‚ it can be said that they did acquire them by the proper means of the time. Other countries have asked for previously removed artifacts‚ such as the Rosetta Stone and the
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specific skills that will be learned and developed with marble painting is fine motor development/fine motor skills‚ small muscle movements and precision‚ hand-eye coordination‚ physical development such as large motor strength‚ coordination‚ and balance. Marble painting also address social-emotional skills by engaging in cooperative play‚ language development/will describe motions‚ fast‚ slow‚ roll‚ flip‚ and communicates ideas and thoughts. Marble painting also teaches science skills such as exploring
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Freshman Physics Name:_________________________________ Per:____ LAB: Marble Launcher Due Date:_________________ You have learned that the motion of any object moving through the air affected only by gravity is an example of projectile motion. Examples of projectile motion include a basketball thrown toward a hoop‚ a car driven off a cliff by a stunt person‚ and a marble launched from the CPO marble launcher. Toss a ball some distance and you can imagine in your mind the arc it follows
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Amazon strategies to manage its inventory Amazon .com called itself "Earths Biggest Bookstore” because it has been ranked as the best consumer e-business. It sells books‚ music over the internet. From both market and supply chain management point of views‚ Amazon has some challenges and strengths. Managing inventory is one of the company opportunities to overcome its financial barriers regarding the warehouses and shipping costs. Amazon follows some strategies to manage its inventories. It had the
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Between 1801 and 1805 Lord Elgin‚ from the Parthenon in Athens‚ obtained the Elgin Marbles‚ which consists of pieces of architecture‚ sculptures‚ and inscriptions. The Elgin Marbles can be found in the British Museum‚ which allow people to understand ancient Greek and Athenian history. Since the sculptures are one of the longest cultural rows in Europe‚ the Greeks want the art to be returned back to their homeland. Because the Greeks believe that the pieces were illegally taken from Greece. On the
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The Elgin Marbles / Parthenon Sculptures I read two articles on the internet that provided some very interesting points in regards to the “Elgin Marble” which are better known as the “Parthenon Marbles.” Between 1801 – 1805‚ Thomas Bruce‚ Seventh Lord Elgin‚ procured the marble art and took them to Britain. Lord Elgin’s original intentions were to obtain some sketches and plaster casts made of the great sculptures and reliefs on the Parthenon and other nearby ruins. At the time Greece
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of the Amazons trees and vegetation would be oil industries‚ and soybean farmers’ expansion into the rainforest. The effects are also important as well‚ some effects of Deforestation are the change in climate‚ the impact on the global hydro climate‚ and scattered rainfall; whether it be increased or decreased. The Amazon is threatened by many factors one of them being the oil industries continuous search for the oil reserves held within the amazon. As stated within an article; “The Amazon rainforest
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Personal Response The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth that was taken December 7th‚ 1972 when the Apollo 17 crew were travelling toward the moon. The title of the beautiful photograph could symbolize many things but what I understood from it is that we see ourselves living on a small planet with many different aspects but in the end were always together if we put the effort in staying together. When observing The Blue Marble‚ I have realized many things such as the photograph gives me a better
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