Clockwise from top: Figure 6.3 St Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Started in 1506, numerous architects worked on the building over 150 years until its completion in 1626. Figure 6.4 Laocoön and His Sons, 208 cm. Discovered in several pieces in a Roman vineyard in 1506, this marble statue is dated to 323 BC–AD 31. After it was re- assembled, it was placed in the Vatican, where it remains today. Figure 6.5 Apollo Belvedere, 224 cm. This marble statue from the 2nd century AD is considered to be a copy of an original bronze statue of 330–320 BC. It was part of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere’s collection and when he was elected pope as Julius II (1503–1513) it was transferred to the Vatican.
