03 — ARTWORK
Laocoön
MONTORSOLI, Giovanni Angelo · 1530 →
- MEDIUM
- Marble
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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03 — ARTWORK
MONTORSOLI, Giovanni Angelo · 1530 →
PALETTE
HOVER OR TAP A SWATCH FOR NAME, SHARE AND HEX. SAMPLED FROM THE IMAGE — INDICATIVE, NOT A PIGMENT ANALYSIS.
COMMENTARY
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In 1532 Michelangelo recommended Montorsoli to Clement VII to restore antiquethe classical age of Greece and Rome began with the Greek migrations of the 2nd millennium BC, and ended in the West in 476 AD with the deposition of the Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus (c. 475 AD); in the East it ended in 529 AD when the Platonic Academy was closed by Justinian (482 - 565 AD). statues in the Vatican; his restorations of the Laocoön group and the Apollo Belvedere (both Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) ensured their enduring fame.
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date = {2026-09-13},
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