Introduction to Elgin Marble sculpture

Marble sculpture is a Marble used as a carving material, made into stone, patterns and so on. Commonly used stone granite, marble, bluestone, gravel and so on. Stone quality hard weathering resistance, is a major Marble sculpture of the main material.

Elgin Marble sculpture is the ancient Greek Parthenon part of the sculpture and architectural debris, so far 2500 years of history, the existing British Museum, the British Museum is one of the most famous collection, the British Museum Town The treasure of the museum. At the beginning of the 19th century, the British diplomat Earl of Elgin bought the Ottoman Empire from the Romanite temple of the marble building decoration and sculpture, and cut back to the United Kingdom. 

In 1816 the British royal family spent 35,000 pounds to buy, on the British Museum, since then 200 years, Elgin Marble sculpture became one of the most representative exhibits of the museum. In 1982, when the Greek Minister of Culture Melissa Meykuli in the United Nations UNESCO Plenary meeting put forward a motion, asked the British Museum of Elgin marble sculpture returned to Greece, the request to get the majority of the meeting Representatives of the country's support, but the voting results on the United Kingdom has no binding effect. Since then, Greece has been asked the British will be the marble sculpture finished Bi Zhao, but was rejected by the British.

The characteristics of Marble sculpture: no deformation of the rock by the long-term natural aging, uniform organizational structure, linear expansion coefficient is minimal, the internal stress completely disappeared, no deformation. High hardness and high rigidity, high hardness, wear resistance, small temperature deformation. Marble decoration (6) long life without oil, easy to sticky dust, maintenance, easy maintenance and simple, long service life. Will not appear scratches, not subject to constant temperature conditions, at room temperature can also maintain its original physical properties. Non-magnetized measurement can be smooth movement, no stagnation, not affected by moisture, the plane said good. Physical properties: Specific gravity 2970-3070kg / m3 Pressure strength: 2500-2600kg / cm2 Elasticity coefficient: 1.3-1.5 × 106kg / cm2 Water absorption.