A Roman copy of the original bronze statue, thought to have been cast by Leochares, now on display in the Vatican. Here is a close-up of the head:
The full sculpture was damaged– penis and both forearms broken off– though subsequent copies restored these elements, some artists going so far as to provide the Apollo with a fig leaf to cover his genitals.
HUM425 students: note the facial profile of this statue and think about Phillips’s essay. The Apollo Belvedere was proposed as an ideal-type for European masculine beauty. Remember Petrus Camper’s “facial angle”?
HUM303 students: Why am I showing you these images?
