单词 | belvedere apollo |
释义 | > as lemmasBelvedere Apollo Belvedere Apollo n. a classical marble sculpture of Apollo formerly displayed in the Belvedere at the Vatican (see note at sense 1); = Apollo Belvedere at Apollo n. 2a.The work is thought to be a Roman copy of a classical or Hellenistic Greek bronze. Since its discovery in the late 15th cent. it has frequently been regarded as a masterpiece and was for centuries widely considered to represent the aesthetic ideal of the male form. [Compare Italian Apollo di Belvedere (first half of the 16th cent. or earlier).] ΚΠ 1760 D. Webb Inq. Beauties Painting iv. 63 The Belvedere Apollo, and the daughter of Niobe, are the standards of beauty. 1885 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 6 128 The elegant curvature which is essential to the main effect of the Belvedere Apollo. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. b7/3 From the..icons of Eastern Orthodoxy to the punishing bruiser of Michelangelo's ‘Last Judgment’—which he consciously modeled on the Belvedere Apollo in the Vatican Museums—Jesus served the needs of the day. < as lemmas |
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