Episode 3: Big Bronzes Looted

Cleveland Museum of Art



There’s nothing like a full-bodied ancient Greek bronze nude to get the crowds to a museum. A visitor might even fall in love (speaking from personal experience—Riace Bronzes, here’s looking at you). We’ll focus on two of these very rare figures, found in US museums, but currently the subject of great debates of identification and international ownership.



More to see, read, and hear:



On the Getty Youth:



http://articles.latimes.com/print/2006/may/11/local/me-bronze11



http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/01/fano-athlete-new-revelations.html



http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/arts/design/16bronze.html



http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/01/fano-athlete-legal-case-in-final-stages.html



http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/feb/12/entertainment/la-et-getty-bronze12-2010feb12



http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2010/04/21/visualizza_new.html_1765197591.html



http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/04/entertainment/la-et-getty-bronze-ruling-20120504



On the Cleveland Apollo:



The Cleveland Apollo: New Comments



http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2008/01/will-cleveland-museum-of-art-be-next.html



http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/cleveland_museum_of_arts_apoll.html



http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/06/cleveland-apollo-german-connection.html



http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2010/06/cleveland-apollo-i-dont-know-who-theyre.html



M. Bennett, Praxiteles: The Cleveland Apollo (Cleveland, 2013)