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This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has hundreds of public artworks; [ 1 ] the Smithsonian lists more than 700. [ 2 ] Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of the city's Percent for Art program, the first such program in the U.S. [ 3 ]
The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) [1] is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. [2]
The nine statues which stood there depicted Apollo, Nike, Callisto and six Arcadian heroes: Ephasus, Triphylus, Azan, Elatus, Apheidas and Arkas. The sculptors were, reportedly, Pausanias from Apollonia (who created Apollo and Kallisto), Samolas from Arcadia (who created Triphylus and Azan), Antiphanes from Argos (who created Ephasus, Elatus ...
In the scene, Rocky Balboa, an unpolished but ambitious boxer from South Philadelphia played by Sylvester Stallone, begins intense physical training after deciding to fight Apollo Creed, the World Heavyweight Champion. The scene is widely considered one of the most iconic in the history of modern films. [1] [2]
The monument features a plaque, with the following inspiration: "In honor of Apollo 11 crew and the men and women who made their spaceflight possible". [1] [2] The monument is placed in the Moon Tree Garden, a small park area near Apollo and Saturn V Center in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
The Liacouras Center [3] is a 10,206-seat multi-purpose venue which opened in 1997 and was originally named "The Apollo of Temple". The arena was renamed in 2000 for Temple University President, Peter J. Liacouras. It is part of a $107 million, four-building complex along North Broad Street on the Temple University campus in North Philadelphia.
The Mantiklos "Apollo" is an ancient Greek sculpture from the early Archaic period. The sculpture dates to about 700-675 B.C from Thebes and measures 20.3 cm tall. It is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .
The monument, designated the "Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier", was designed by architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh and includes a bronze cast of Houdon's statue of Washington as the monument's centerpiece. The Tomb includes remains which were disinterred, after archeological examination, from within the park from when it was a cemetery.