Marble Sculpture Of Apollo

And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside extract from archaic torso of apollo by rainer maria rilke.

Marble sculpture of apollo.

The distinctively roman foot wear is one reason scholars believe it is not a copy of an original greek statue. We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit. Antique 19th century hand carved carrara marble grouping after gian lorenzo bernini s italian. Apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.

It was rediscovered in central italy in the. Apollo and daphne is a life sized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini executed between 1622 and 1625 housed in the galleria borghese in rome the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses. This statue is based on the original full size statue apollo of the belvedere. This type of apollo statue was derived from a 4th century bce work by the athenian sculptor.

The apollo is now thought to be an original roman re creation of hadrianic date ca. It was rediscovered in central italy in the late 15th century during the renaissance. The back of the statue was not polished suggesting that the statue was placed inside a niche within the temple. The apollo belvedere also called the pythian apollo or apollo of the belvedere is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.

Apollo torso of after the antique marble statue.