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See the Vatican's Magnificent Marble Statue of the Greek God Apollo Restored to Its Former Glory
It has been at the Vatican since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the sculpture ... is a Roman replica of a lost Greek bronze statue created by the sculptor Leochares around ...
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Two popes who built St. Peter’s Basilica face each other fully restored
Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity ...
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Making a Michelangelo: This studio creates ‘identical’ copies of world-famous sculptures
Included is a 19th-century bronze version of ... and cast sculptures of Pope Julius II’s unfinished tomb. Though it’s not the first time a Michelangelo sculpture has been 3D printed ...
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Michelangelo, Painter
Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum, in fact, the Pope really needed someone to paint the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo ...