Comments on: British Museum 2 http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61035 Brett Holman Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:47:40 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61035 I don't think I saw the Bassae frieze! I may have managed to miss it while wending my way around, or it might have been in one of the closed galleries. I think that's pretty much why I liked the Nereid Monument more; I could get much more of a sense of how they would have looked originally. Of course that's very difficult to do with something as extensive as the Elgin Marbles, unless perhaps they were returned to the Parthenon -- something I'm happy to let the British Museum do now that I've seen them there! :) I don’t think I saw the Bassae frieze! I may have managed to miss it while wending my way around, or it might have been in one of the closed galleries.

I think that’s pretty much why I liked the Nereid Monument more; I could get much more of a sense of how they would have looked originally. Of course that’s very difficult to do with something as extensive as the Elgin Marbles, unless perhaps they were returned to the Parthenon — something I’m happy to let the British Museum do now that I’ve seen them there! :)

]]> By: Alun http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61026 Alun Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:55:46 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61026 I'd agree with you about the Nereid monument being much more interesting than the Elgin marbles. I also prefer the Bassae frieze to the Parthenon frieze, because it's presented so much better. The way the Elgin marbles are presented, chopped up and in isolation, misses much of the point of the frieze, but that's me being obsessed by context again. :) I’d agree with you about the Nereid monument being much more interesting than the Elgin marbles. I also prefer the Bassae frieze to the Parthenon frieze, because it’s presented so much better. The way the Elgin marbles are presented, chopped up and in isolation, misses much of the point of the frieze, but that’s me being obsessed by context again. :)

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61014 Brett Holman Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:39:40 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-61014 Thanks Tony, it's handy having a classicist as a reader :) Thanks Tony, it’s handy having a classicist as a reader :)

]]> By: Tony Keen http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-60937 Tony Keen Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:23:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2007/09/29/british-museum-2/#comment-60937 Worry not, that is part of the Nereid Monument, one of the side panels from the lower frieze. Worry not, that is part of the Nereid Monument, one of the side panels from the lower frieze.

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