People Of The British Museum Flashcards
(85 cards)
Who donated his farthers collection of 800.000 Books to the British Museum, which also housed the British library
George VI after realising that he needed bigger kitchen space within Buckingham Palace.
Who Created the Enlightenment Gallery?
Sir Robert Smirke (1780-1867)
Who has a Big medal cabinet within the enlightenment gallery?
King George IIIs medal cabinet is on loan from the V+A museum it was donated by his son George VI
Who were the two people heavily involved in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone?
Jean Francois champollion 1773-1829
young French linguist,
Thomas Hudson 1773-1829
physician, renowned physicist, physiologist of the eye, unlikely expert on life insurance and an all-round astounding polymath.
Who donated the mosaic lamp to the British Museum.?
Charles Drury Edward Fortnum
In 1887
Name 2 people involved in the sutton hoo Discovery in 1938
Edith Pretty ( landowner)
Basil Brown ( self taught Archaeologist)
Hinton St Mary’s was the location of what find and by whom?
A mosaic Roman floor, which depicts Jesus, although some have said its a image of a Roman leader ( Constantine the Great)
Walter John White, the local blacksmith, discovered the Hinton St Mary mosaic on September 12, 1963
Who is the owner of the lewis chessmen that were used in the film Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone?
borrowed from the personal collection of Irving Finkel, the museum’s curator.
Who’s the new director of the British museum?
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE started as Director of the British Museum in June 2024.
Who Bequithed 71.000 objects , manuscripts , plants, and coins to the British museum the 17 hundred? With terms and conditions.
Sir Hans Sloane . £20.000
Parliament accepted Sloane’s terms, raising the money through a national lottery, and on 7 June 1753, an Act of Parliament establishing the British Museum received royal assent.
The Terms: his daughters became Trusties .
Who donated the statue of “ shiva nataraja to the British Museum and what year?
Purchased from William Wolff and funded by the Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund. 1987
Who created the Great court, and what year?
Foster and Partners who created the 3.312
2000.
How often did the celebration of the Birth of Athina?
It happened every 4 years.
Was the parthenon freeze coloured?
Yes
Reds, Golds, Blues,Yellows to make the Parthenon class and Coloured
What sort of add ons would have been added to the freeze .
Add ons like leather straps on the horse’s reigns.
Who brought the parthenon to the British Museum and what year?
Lord elgin bought the pieces from the Ottoman Turks when they Governored Greece.
1801 but took until 1812 to be set up
How did Lord Elgin pay for the Elgiin marbles?
Lord Elgin financed the delivery of the marbles out of his own money.
In what years was the sculptor ( freeze) in the parthenon room created ?
They were created by an unknown sculptor but they date back to 443 and 437 BC
How many blocks of the freeze does the museum have of the Parthenon.
Where are the rest that survived?
There are 56 Blocks of the freeze within the British Museum.
There are 40 blocks in the Acropolis museum in Athens.
Where can you find casts of the Parthenon freeze?
You can find them in the Ashmolean museum -Oxford.
What is the defining movement of the Parthenon Freeze?
High classical style of Attic Sculpture.
Which animals can you see within the parthenon freeze being led to slaughter for the sacrifice of Athena.
You can see cows being led for sacrifice
Who do they believe to be missing within the middle of the Parthenon pediment?
It was once filed with the colossal statue of zeus the farther of Athena..
What is the parthenon pediment showing us ?
The pediment shows us the birth of Athena.
