A weblog dedicated to everything concerning art and the law. Saturday, 16 May 2015. Greece rules out legal action to recover Elgin Marbles.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015. At that point, I had a student ask if the Doric order was supposed to be perceived as nude, since the Ionic order was described as clot.

An index of the ARCA podcasts on art theft, looting, forgery, and cultural property protection. Monday, May 2, 2011. Or by clicking this link. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Or by clicking this link. Come back for Part II next week! Sunday, November 7, 2010. The Mona Lisa during WWII. Was the Mona Lisa looted by the Nazis during WWII? Find it on iTunes. This is Part 2 of No.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Zahi Hawass renewed his 2006 claim that the St. Louis Art Museum return the Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer. Discovered in early 1952 by Mohammed Zakaria Goneim above the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, the mask was found covering the head and shoulders of an unmummified woman. I confirm that I saw th.

Artwork and Antiques from Private Collections. Sunday, January 23, 2011. Mihrimah Sultan Mosque by Uskudarli Cevat. The architect of the mosque was Sinan and he was madly in love with Mihrimah, an Ottoman princess. When he was commissioned for the job, he secretly set out to build two instead of one, facing each other albeit the distance.