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Fontana delle Tartarughe

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Title:
Fontana delle Tartarughe
Alt. Title:
Fountain of the Tortoises
View:
View of three of the ephebes
Creators:
attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680); Giacomo della Porta (Italian architect, ca. 1532-ca. 1604); Taddeo Landini (Italian sculptor, ca.1550-1596)
Creator:
Porta, Giacomo della
Style/Period:
Baroque; Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Style/Period:
Baroque
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location Notes:
Piazza Mattei
City or Site:
Rome
Country:
Italy
Culture:
Italian
Date:
1658-1659 (alteration); ca. 1581-1588 (creation)
Material:
marble; bronze
Work Type:
built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains; visual works; sculpture (visual work)
Work Type:
fountain
Description:
Between 1585 and 1588 Landini executed his most famous work, the so-called Fonte delle Tartarughe (Rome, Piazza Mattei), named after the tortoises (added in 1658) that clamber from the bronze youths’ hands into the upper basin of the fountain. Although the overall design was made in collaboration with Giacomo della Porta, Landini was solely responsible for the spirited boys (ephebes), whose lively poses and arrangement around the basin recall Florentine fountain designs of the previous generation. The ephebes, raise their arm towards the overhanging marble basin. In the original plans they touched another four bronze dolphins spouting water. These were removed because of a problem with water pressure serving the fountain. Pope Alexander VII commissioned a restoration of the fountain in 1658-1659. As a part of this restoration, Bernini (or Andrea Sacchi) added the struggling tortoises to complete the composition. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Classification:
architecture
Technique:
casting (process); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
animal; human figure; Fountains; youths, turtles; dolphin; tortoise; Ephebe; shell
Subject:
Fountains
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
1A1-DP-FT-B2
Image Filename:
1A1-DP-FT-B2.jpg
Image ID Number:
16915
Module:
Archivision Addition Module One
Collection:
Archivision Samples
Record created:
May 2, 2013
Last modified:
May 2, 2013


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