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One of the biggest questions facing the art world today is the dilemma over the repatriation of cultural treasures.Although the subject has not been widely noted by the general public, in recent decades museums and art dealers have repeatedly faced off against the representatives of nations and ethnic groups whose cultural legacies have been robbed by the rapacious collecting of these so-called art experts.Advocates of repatriation have argued that cultural treasures should be returned to their nations of origin, both because of basic fairness and because the artwork and cultural artifacts in question are best understood within their local context.
Several prominent museums, most notably theBritish Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris, have defended themselves on the grounds that they can better protect and preserve these cultural treasures than can the developing nations and impoverished ethnic groups that frequently seek their return. They further argue that more people can see the treasures if they are proudly displayed in a major museum, as opposed to some poorly funded national museum in a backwater country; evidently, the quantity of viewers is more important than the relevance of the art and artifacts to the viewer.
The arguments of the museum curators fall apart in an instance such as theElgin Marbles. These majestic marble sculptures, which once graced the Parthenon on theAcropolis inAthens, were stolen by LordElgin in the nineteenth century and given to theBritish Museum, which holds them to this day. The people ofAthens have built a beautiful, modern museum on theAcropolis to display theElgin Marbles and other treasures from the Greek cultural heritage, so there can be no valid argument that the Greeks are unable to house the sculptures properly. Furthermore, more people visit theAcropolis every day than visit theBritish Museum.
The author’s attitude toward museum curators who oppose the repatriation of cultural treasures is best summarized as what
A、Righteous indignation
B、Bemused sarcasm
C、Seething anger
D、Condescending approval
E、Grudging admiration
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