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“Apollo”
Susan Roth 2011
acrylic, acrylic skin & canvas on canvas
69.5 x 40.5 “
I thought the form of this recent "Roth has a striking similarity to the back view of my recent piece "Samurai".
The Apollo Barberini is a 1st–2nd century Roman sculpture of Apollo Kitharoedus. It is a probable copy of the a sculpture made by Scopas (395 - 350 BC ) perhaps from the sanctuary of Apollo at Rhamnus in Attica. This copy was the cult statue in the temple of Apollo Palatinus in Rome.
The modern named comes from the Roman family Barberini who acquired it.
(wikipedia: "apollo barberini")
From a Greek original
Scopas, 1st half of 4th Century BC
Roman marble copy
From the Palatine hill, Rome.
About 1st – 2nd century AD.
Munich, Glyptothek
Buzz Aldrin wore this outer helmet while on the surface of the moon, fitted over his clear pressure-bubble helmet. His gloves are made of cut-resistent fabric and gauntlets to protect against solar heating. The fingertips were made of silicone rubber for added sensitivity. This was one of the displays at the St. Louis Science Center exhibit.
Obviously, not my shot. This is a photo from the Flickr Apollo Archive, cropped and retouched to my linking.
The original data tapes from the Apollo missions looked like this.
Credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center
This is my favorite sculpture in the world: Apollo and Daphne by Bernini, which is housed at the Villa Borghese Museum in Rome.
The Apollo Barberini is a 1st–2nd century Roman sculpture of Apollo Kitharoedus. It is a probable copy of the a sculpture made by Scopas (395 - 350 BC ) perhaps from the sanctuary of Apollo at Rhamnus in Attica. This copy was the cult statue in the temple of Apollo Palatinus in Rome.
The modern named comes from the Roman family Barberini who acquired it.
(wikipedia: "apollo barberini")
From a Greek original
Scopas, 1st half of 4th Century BC
Roman marble copy
From the Palatine hill, Rome.
About 1st – 2nd century AD.
Munich, Glyptothek
this seems a little creepy but I swear my kitty was not harmed in the making of this photograph. I really need to invest in a wireless remote to take better self-portraits; it's such a pain right now. experimenting with gradients in photoshop & just various layer effects.
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London. Designed by the architect Lewin Sharp for owner Henry Lowenfeld, it became the fourth legitimate theatre to be constructed on the street when it opened its doors on 21 February 1901, with the American musical comedy The Belle of Bohemia.
Henry Lowenfeld had bought land on the newly created Shaftesbury Avenue at the turn of the 20th century—next door to the Lyric Theatre, which opened in 1888—and as a consequence the Apollo is one of the few theatres in London to be freehold.
The only complete theatre design of architect Lewin Sharp, the Apollo was specifically designed for musical theatre and named after the Greek god of the arts and leader of the muses. It was constructed by builder Walter Wallis of plain London brick in keeping with the neighbouring streets; the front piece is in the Renaissance style with a sculpted stone fascia by T. Simpson. The structure encloses a four-level auditorium, with three cantilevered balconies and a first-floor central loggia, decorated in the Louis XIV Style by Hubert van Hooydonk. In keeping with then European style, each level has its own foyer and promenade.
Owing to the death of Queen Victoria the previous month, it became the first London theatre to be completed in the Edwardian period. The capacity on the opening night, 21 February 1901, was 893, with a proscenium of 9.14 metres (30.0 ft) wide and 8.89 metres (29.2 ft) deep.
The capacity today is 775 seats, with the balcony on the 3rd tier considered the steepest in London.
Owing to a relatively unsuccessful opening, impresario Tom B. Davis took a lease on the building, and hence management of operations, from 1902. The theatre was renovated by Ernest Schaufelberg in 1932, with a private foyer and anteroom installed to the Royal Box. Prince Littler took control of the theatre in 1944.
Stoll Moss Group purchased the theatre in 1975, selling it to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group and Bridgepoint Capital in 2000. Nica Burns and Max Weitzenhoffer purchased the theatre and several others in 2005, creating Nimax Theatres, which still owns the theatre. [Wikipedia]
Apollo and Daphne
Dosso Dossi 1524
This painting was probably commissioned by Alfonso d'Este and may allude to his love affair with the lady-in-waiting Laura Dianti, after the death of his wife, Lucrezia Borgia, in 1519. The painting was inspired by the story of Apollo and Daphne in Ovid's Metamorphoses: Apollo is singing his love for Daphne and interrupts his performance at the moment when the nymph is transformed into a laurel tree (allusion to Laura) in the landscape on the left. Apollo accompanies his song on a viola da braccio, the instrument played by Duke Alfonso.
Apollo and Daphne is a story from ancient Greek mythology, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette
Apollo and Daphne is a story from ancient Greek mythology, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette
The curse of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, was brought onto him when he insulted the young Eros (a.k.a. Cupid) for playing with bow and arrows.
Apollo was a great warrior and said to him, "What have you to do with warlike weapons? Leave them for hands worthy of them. Behold the conquest I have won by means of them over the vast serpent who stretched his poisonous body over acres of the plain! Be content with your torch, child, and kindle up your flames, as you call them, where you will, but presume not to meddle with my weapons."
The petulant Eros took two arrows, one of gold and one of lead. The gold one was supposed to incite love, while the lead one was supposed to incite hatred. With the leaden shaft, Eros shot the nymph Daphne and with the golden one, he shot Apollo through the heart. Apollo was seized with love for the maiden, Daphne, and she in turn abhorred and hated Apollo. In fact, she spurned her many potential lovers, preferring instead woodland sports and exploring the woods. Her father, Peneus, demanded that she get married so that she may give him grandchildren. However, she begged her father to let her remain unmarried, like Apollo's sister, Artemis.
He warned her saying, "Your own face will forbid it." By saying this he meant that she was too beautiful to keep all her potential lovers away forever.
Apollo continually followed her, begging her to stay, but the nymph continued her flight. They were evenly matched in the race until Eros intervened and helped Apollo gain upon Daphne.
Seeing that Apollo was bound to catch her, she called upon her father, "Help me, Peneus! Open the earth to enclose me, or change my form, which has brought me into this danger!"
Suddenly, her skin turned into bark, her hair became leaves, and her arms were transformed into branches. She stopped running as her feet became rooted to the ground. Apollo embraced the branches, but even the branches shrank away from him. Since Apollo could no longer take her as his wife, he vowed to tend her as his tree, and promised that her leaves would decorate the heads of leaders as crowns, and that her leaves were also to be depicted on weapons. Apollo also used his powers of eternal youth and immortality to render her ever green. Since then, the leaves of the Bay laurel tree have never known decay.
Antonio Corradini 1668-1752
Apollo Flaying Marsyas
About 1719-23
Like Zephyr and Flora nearby [unfortunately not on display while I was there], this group came from the royal gardens in Dresden. Its style is light-hearted and decorative, as was much garden sculpture, but the subject is one of the most disturbing in classical mythology. It shows the god Apollo skinning Marsyas alive as a punishment for losing a musical contest.
Venice
Marble
Museum no. A.6-1967
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Today I went to my friends to watch the Superbowl, unfortunately the Colts lost. It was the team that I was rooting for. Fantastic game though. Anyhow, my friend owns 2 Doberman Pinchers. His dogs are huge but very friendly. I took this shot of his male dog named Apollo as we watched the game. He wanted to come inside due to all the food we had. In the end he got a bunch of left overs.
Apollo - The moon is here. The US becomes the first and only nation to ever land humans on the moon after launching astronauts further than ever before atop the largest rocket ever made, the Saturn V.
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detail of a porcelain Apollo from 1748 by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775) / Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Apollo Cup
c. 480-470 BCE
Delphi Museum, Greece
White-ground kylix (two-handled wide drinking cup) with a beautiful image of the god Apollo holding his turtle-shell lyre and pouring out a libation (offering), probably wine. I'm not sure whether the bird is a crow or a raven, although my hunch is it's a raven, since that bird is usually known for its intelligence.
© 2005 Ellen Brundige
Illustration for Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal
P.S. For more information and photos of Apollo in Greek art, check my Greek God Apollo Trivia Quiz.
Apollo 24/09/2017 13h39
Apollo is a whirligig in the amusement park Slagharen, built by Schwarzkopf. In the beginning there were two Apollo's: Zweefapollo and Apollo 14. The current Apollo is the Zweefapollo of that time. The disappeared Apollo 14 was another attraction: it was a revolving sphere, like the Zweefapollo, but there were no chairs attached to it, but a few arms with revolving capsules that went up and down in which two people could take place. This attraction used to be on the spot where Sky Tower now stands. Today it is in Loudoun Castle, England and has also been converted into a whirligig.
The two Apollo's that have been together in Slagharen are also the only two that have ever been made.
For the 2015 season, Apollo was disassembled for a large-scale renovation. The attraction is already quite old. After this, the attraction could open again for visitors.
The occupants float in seats around the moon. There can be up to 30 people in the attraction and a ride takes 2 minutes and 30 seconds. The whirligig has a total theoretical capacity of 1104 persons per hour.
[ Wikipedia 05/2018 ]
01AGS609 Apollo flays Marsyas (detail the stories of Marsyas), fresco, Baldassarre Peruzzi (1481-1536), Room of the Frieze, Villa la Farnesina, Rome
DATE TAKEN: 2003
Revisiting one of my favorite local waterfalls today. It rained very heavily this week, and the streams were much fuller than normal.
Apollo Spacecraft 101 Command/Service Modules being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter 5 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, August 5, 1968. Apollo Spacecraft 101 was flown on the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205).
Photo credit: NASA
Found this vintage clock a few weeks back and forgot to post it on here. I love the older, wind-up clocks and this one had a nice deep blue ring that contrasted with it's ivory color. The gold highlights are a nice touch as well.
It's an "Apollo" model made by Lux in 1961. Runs perfectly and it was a nice find at $2.99