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Apollo Belvedere
the Apollo Belvedere
also: Аполлон Бельведерский
A famous Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue of Apollo, prized since the Renaissance as the ideal of male beauty; the comic artist jokes he is bringing home a reproduction of it in place of a bride.
Reading notes
- Poetry and Prose §11 the Apollo Belvedere
A famous Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze statue of Apollo, prized since the Renaissance as the ideal of male beauty; the artist's joke is that he is bringing home a life-size cast or reproduction of it rather than a bride.
- In Winkler's Museum §6 The Apollo Belvedere
The famous Renaissance-era marble statue of Apollo, long the European ideal of male physical beauty; the museum's prudish decision to dress the nude statue in a tailcoat for the sake of female and underage visitors is the section's central joke.