Belvedere Torso

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Vigorous action and dramatic emotion in Hellenistic sculpture. (Top) “Belvedere Torso,” marble by Apollonius, 1st century bc. In the Vatican Museums. (Bottom) “Dying Gaul,” marble Roman copy after a bronze original, from Pergamum, c. 230–220 bc. In the Museo Nazionale Romano.

Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome

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Belvedere Torso: Media

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Vigorous action and dramatic emotion in Hellenistic sculpture. (Top) “Belvedere Torso,” marble by Apollonius, 1st century bc. In the Vatican Museums. (Bottom) “Dying Gaul,” marble Roman copy after a bronze original, from Pergamum, c. 230–220 bc. In the Museo Nazionale Romano.

Vigorous action and dramatic emotion in Hellenistic sculpture. (Top) “Belvedere...

(Top) Alinari/Art Resource, New York, (bottom) Anderson—Alinari/Art Resource, New York

Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome

Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares,...

Alinari/Art Resource, New York

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