Where is Apollo Belvedere?

Where is the original Apollo Belvedere?

The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity.



Apollo Belvedere
Dimensions 224 cm (88 in)
Location Vatican Museums, Vatican City

What era is Apollo of the Belvedere?

5 Apollo Belvedere. This drawing depicts the Apollo Belvedere (7′ 3” high), a Roman copy of a lost bronze original dated c. 350– 325 BC by the Greek sculptor Leochares. The figure represents the Greek god Apollo after his defeat of the serpent Python using a bow and arrow.

Who made the Apollo Belvedere statue?

The bronze figure of the Apollo Belvedere in the Liebieghaus is a work by the Renaissance sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico. Because of its closeness to the ancient original, it is thought to be the earliest of three bronzes made by him as small-scale reproductions of that original.

Where is the Belvedere torso?

the Vatican Museum

Belvedere Torso, Hellenistic sculpture fragment of a male nude (5 feet 2 5/8 inches [1.59 m] high) in the Vatican Museum; the work is signed by the Athenian sculptor Apollonius the son of Nestor and was long thought to be a 1st-century-bc original.

When was the Apollo Belvedere found?

fifteenth century

1510–27. The Apollo Belvedere was discovered near Rome in the late fifteenth century. Possibly a second-century marble copy of a bronze original by the Greek sculptor Leochares, the statue was immediately appreciated as a masterpiece and showered with praise.

Where is statue of Artemis?

Ephesus

Statue of Artemis Ephesus is an Ancient Greek Bronze and Alabaster Sculpture created in 2 BCE. It lives at the Naples National Archaeological Museum in Italy.

Where is the Poseidon statue?

the National Archaeological Museum



The statue of Poseidon is today displayed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

What does Apollo mean in Greek mythology?

God of the sun, light

Apollo is the Greek God of the sun, light, music, truth, healing, poetry, and prophesy, and one of the most well-known gods in Greek mythology. Known as the ideal of youth and athleticism, Apollo is the son of the Zeus and Leto; and his twin sister, Artemis, is the goddess of the moon and the hunt.

Who carved the statue of Apollo?

Apollo, also known as Apollo-David, David-Apollo, or Apollino, is a 1.46 m unfinished marble sculpture by Michelangelo that dates from approximately 1530. It now stands in the Bargello museum in Florence.



Where is the Poseidon statue?

the National Archaeological Museum

The statue of Poseidon is today displayed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Who carved the statue of Apollo?

Apollo, also known as Apollo-David, David-Apollo, or Apollino, is a 1.46 m unfinished marble sculpture by Michelangelo that dates from approximately 1530. It now stands in the Bargello museum in Florence.

What was the paragone in the Renaissance?

Paragone (Italian: paragone, meaning comparison), was a debate during the Italian Renaissance in which painting and sculpture (and to a degree, architecture) were each championed as forms of art superior and distinct to each other.