The Apollo of Belvedere
The Apollo of Belvedere
It was the night before the “Fashion’s Night out” in September 2014 in Rome, organized by Vogue. Newspapers had announced the activity, and my mind wandered around.
On the radio they played a song of Lady Gaga. I thought about when I saw her life performance in the Circus Maximus in Rome, in an astonishing dress of Versace.
Being an official guide of the the Vatican Museums, I have to look often at the statue of the Apollo of Belvedere; a statue that was the muse for Michelangelo for his Adam in the creation in the Sistine Chapel. And lately, I took once the time to go over there on my own, and taking my time to look it from all sides.
I was always intrigued by the extravagant hairstyle of Lady Gaga, that strange hair bow. And suddenly I realized that I had seen it before. Yes, indeed, it was inspired by the Apollo of Belvedere in the Vatican. From that point, I let my mind wandering freely with the following result.
Little by little, I found out what inspired the Italian fashion designers. They don’t have to look at google for finding inspiration. It’s enough to walk around in Rome, and it’s 2500 years of civilization and tradition. Pope Benedict XVI, in his introduction of the new guide book of the Vatican Museums called it a museum of humanity, not a christian museum. Also he changed the picture of the Vatican Museum: Plato and Aristotle, the minds of western civilization.
And here we see how modern, famous Italian stylist took their inspiration from the past.
Enjoy the pictures ...
clearly inspired by ancient Rome jewelry.
More is to come, please help me, and if you see something, send me an email, Thanks !!
And Iacometti ....
Etruscan (6th century BC )
Artista non ancora classificato:
Bronze elongated female statuette, possibly Aphrodite (c.350 BC)
Ubicazione :
The male is in the museum of Volterra
In the Egyptian museum a statue of Ramses
and in the Etruscan museum a terracotta ....... a doll, that’s also Pinocchio.
Let’s go to Fendi, became also famous for his little purses. But did the Assyrians in the Museum did it already 3000 years ago? have a look
And then we have shoes from Diesel ....
What a collection of hats in Ascot-race
under construction... Please help me to find more connections between Ancient Rome and it’s fashion of today. Send me an email: I thank you in advance
The Apollo of Belvedere and more of today's fashion