Apollo Belvedere

American  

noun

1. a Roman marble statue, possibly a copy of a Greek original of the 4th–1st centuries b.c.

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Apollo Belvedere

Europe plays a role in this drama, too: The pose is taken from the ancient Roman statue the Apollo Belvedere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Classical statues such as the Venus de Milo and the Apollo Belvedere are often considered the apex of human perfection.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2021

Also on display are a plaster cast of the Apollo Belvedere, a teaching skeleton and an Egyptian mummy, fondly referred to as “the hospital’s oldest patient.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2019

As a student he drew everything in Rome from antique to Baroque sculptures — from the celebrated Apollo Belvedere, all poised restraint, to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s explosive sunburst, “Glory,” at the Vatican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2017

And yet all this wild ornamentation is, if you will examine it, more purely Greek in spirit than the Apollo Belvedere.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by John Ruskin