Apollonius The Athenian

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“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

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.

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Flourished	c.100 BCE - c.1 BCE

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“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

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.

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Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Lysippus

Greek sculptor

Myron

Greek sculptor

Idolino

Polyclitus

Greek sculptor

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

Leochares

Greek sculptor

Sidney Barclay: Colossus of Rhodes

Chares of Lindos

ancient Greek sculptor

Critius and Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Antonio del Pollaiuolo

Italian artist

Peter Vischer, the Elder

German artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas

French artist

Henry Moore

Henry Moore

British artist

Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Donatello: David

Donatello

Italian sculptor

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor

Ghiberti, Lorenzo

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Italian sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

Romanian-French sculptor

Andrea del Verrocchio: David

Andrea del Verrocchio

Italian painter and sculptor

saltcellar of Francis I

Benvenuto Cellini

Italian artist

Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana

Jean-Antoine Houdon

French sculptor

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