What did Apollo Belvedere do?
What did Apollo Belvedere do?
From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists, and for centuries it epitomized the ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world.
Where is the Apollo Belvedere statue?
Vatican Museums
Cortile del Belvedere
Apollo del Belvedere/Locations
The Apollo Belvedere, December 1841 The cast is from a marble statue known as the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican Museum in Rome. The statue was rediscovered towards the end of the fifeteenth century and is recorded as part of the Vatican collection in 1509.
Where is the Apollo Belvedere?
What are some myths about Apollo?
According to Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and the Titaness, Leto. Upon being born, Apollo was fed with an immortality drink called ambrosia due to which he became instantly a man. He then went on to slay the serpent Python who had troubled his mother Leto while she was pregnant.
What is the size of Apollo Belvedere?
Apollo Belvedere, ca.1799. Copy of the head of the original in the Vatican. Marble, 66.1 x 56.2 x 40 cm.
How does Pushkin describe Apollo Belvedere?
Alexander Pushkin refers to Apollo Belvedere in his 1829 poem The Poet and the Crowd (“Поэт и толпа”). Varden, a character in Dorothy L. Sayers ‘ The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers recounts how he portrayed Apollo in a movie as “a statue that’s brought to life. . . .
What painting is inspired by Apollo Belvedere?
The head of the Apollo Belvedere is featured prominently in The Song of Love, a 1914 painting by Giorgio de Chirico The Sower by Jean-François Millet (1850) is influenced by the Apollo Belvedere in the treatment and pose of the figure in the piece.
Where is the original Apollo sculpture now?
It became the Apollo of the Cortile del Belvedere, and the name has remained with it, though the sculpture has long been indoors, in the Museo Pio-Clementino at the Vatican Museums, Rome.
