Transcript Diapositiva 1

THE FOUNTAIN OF MASCHERONE
This fountain is unique and a little bit scary: it‘s in the shape of a grotesque face . The fontana del
mascherone is an unusual fountain in Via Giulia , near the Farnese Arch . The large and almost scary
mask dribbles water from its mouth which runs into a shell - shaped basin , then into a large pool . The
fountain is topped with a symbol used by the Farnese family . It 's an interesting fountain worth a quick
walk if you are visiting piazza Farnese . The author was Girolamo Rinaldi .
THE FOUNTAIN OF THE BEES
The sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, also an architect and a
painter, was born in Naples in 1598 and died in Rome in 1680.
Pope Urbano VIII Barberini asked Bernini to build the fountain
to the purpose of gathering the water exceeding the Fontana del
Tritone (Fountain of the Tritone) and for the watering of the
animals.
The shape of the fountain is of an opened shell and water spills
out from three bees sculpted on the base. It was designed and
built in 1644.
In 1865 the fountain was moved from its original site to where
it lays today, precisely at one of the corners of Piazza
Barberini.
According to the scholars, the bees have a religious meaning: a
man’s soul during his life on Earth. The water is assumed to be
honey spilled by the bees. The spurts are compared to the
humming of the bees.
The bees are also the heraldic image of Pope Urbano VIII’s
Family (Barberini).
FOUR RIVERS FOUNTAIN
The Fontana Dei Quattro Fiumi is in the center of Piazza Navona. It
was realized in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
It’s the representation of the main rivers of the four continents
known at those times: Rio De La Plata (South America), Nile
(Africa), Ganges (Asia) and the Danube (Europe).
The NILE covers his face with a veil because at those times its
source wasn’t known yet and so as not to see the church of Saint
Agnese In Agone.
The RIO DELLA PLATA seems to raise its hand to defend itself
from a possible collapse of the church and of the statue of Saint
Agnese on the facade of the church.
The GANGES carries a long oar, representing the navigability.
The DANUBE represents the plains of Europe.
THE FOUNTAIN OF THE BABOON
The fountain of the Baboon was made by an unknown artist.
The name was given by the Roman people for its ugliness.
The fountain was built around 1576 in Via del Babuino and it is located next to the church of
“Sant'Atanasio dei Greci”.
The work is represented by a quadrangular bathtub decorated with two dolphins, symbol of the
family of Pope Gregorio XIII. On the top of the tub there is a statue of Silenus: a minor figure of
Greek mythology.
The colors used are grey and white that express clarity and simplicity. The statue, particularly ugly,
has been the object of mockery by the Romans, who have nicknamed it “the Baboon.”
The work was commissioned by a nobleman Alessandro Grandi, to thank the Pope Pio V, who in
1571 had granted him to use the water of the new Vergine Aqueduct.
The fountain is decorated with a sculpture of a satyr ,who in mythology was linked to water; it was
one of the six talking statues of Rome who had the task of talking with fierce anonymous messages
addressed to the Pope and to the politicians of the time.
TRITON FOUNTAIN
The Triton Fountain is situated in Piazza
Barberini in Rome. It is a work by Gian
Lorenzo Bernini and was ordered by
Pope Urban VIII Barberini. It was built in
a deserted area that was part of a property
of the Barberini family.
The fountain was built between 1642 and
1643, exploiting the close of the Acqua
Felice aqueduct.
The fountain is very famous and visited
by many tourists, in fact there is a copy
of it in Nuremberg, Germany.
It is built entirely in travertine and is a Triton mythological figure linked to water - kneeling on a large
bivalve shell while blowing into another shell, from
which the water flows. The shell rests on four dolphins at
the center of a low bath.
According to mythology, Triton blows into a shell to
agitate the waves and cause a storm. However, according
to some art critics, the sound was used to call a nymph.
It was also known as the "fountain of the Triton
sounding" because of the sound that was once issued by
the jet.
The fountain has been subjected to various conservations
and restorations. After the restoration of 1932 the
fountain appeared so different, that people claimed that it
had been replaced with a copy.
The most recent restoration was completed in November
2013.
FOUNTAIN OF THE NAIADI
Built in 1888 following the designs of Alessandro Guerrieri who placed four chalk lions around the large
circular basin. These were then replaced in 1901 by four bronze groups by the sculptor Mario Rutelli which
represented the lake nymph with the swam, the river nymph riding a river monster, the ocean nymph, known
as OCEAN, on a wild horse which symbolizes the breakers, and the Underwater nymph, lying on the back of
a dragon.
THE FOUR FOUNTAINS
Four Fountains street owes its name to the presence , at the intersection of Via Pia (now Via XX Settembre ) and
the Via Felice (now Via Quattro Fontane ), to the four corners of Quattro Fontane. From the intersection you can
see, in the distance, the obelisks of Santa Maria Maggiore (east), Trinita dei Monti (west) and the Quirinale
(south), and the internal facade of Porta Pia ( to the north) .
The four works in travertine were made between 1588 and 1593. The subjects are grouped in pairs: there are two
bearded male figures, allegories of the Tiber and Arno, who face two female respectively, representing Diana and
Juno. The first two symbolize Rome and Florence, while those of Diana and Juno, respectively, are a symbol of
Fidelity and Fortress.
These four fountains were created by the will of Sixtus V, who following the creation of either
Fountain of Moses and that front of the palace of the Quirinal, he wished that the intersection between
the two major arteries of Rome was embellished.
Projects were presented to the Pope for four sacred statues, but the pope preferred a fountain. The
project of which remained of unknown author, instead of a single fountain it had four , one at each
corner of the intersection.
Perhaps, the designer of the fountains of the Tiber, of the Arno and of the Juno was Domenico Fontana,
who had designed the road. The fourth, in which Diana has her back to the north, is attributed to Pietro
da Cortona. The achievements have been entrusted to unknown sculptors.
FROGS ‘ FOUNTAIN
Frogs’ fountain is located in Piazza Mincio in the middle
of Coppedè Quarter. The fountain has been planned and
realized by architect Gino Coppedé in 1924 in baroque
style. It is composed of a circular base with a circular
basin placed on it. In the basin it is placed a stone fourlobed platform. On each lobe there are two human figures
that support, back to back, a shell formed basin; the water
in the shell comes out from their mouths. This water
arrives from the mouths of stone frogs put on the shell. In
the middle of the fountain there is a raised circular basin
where eight small frogs are placed on. This basin is fed
by the water that comes out of the mouths of the frogs
and a central jet. At last, between the legs of the human
figures there is another bigger basin.
THE FOUNTAIN OF BARCACCIA
It is situated in Rome, and includes the church of Trinità Dei Monti, the staircase and
the fountain.
It was built by Pietro and Lorenzo Bernini, from 1627 to 1629.
About it there are some legends.
The real legend says that ‘Barcaccia’ was a boat
carrying barrels.
The fountain was popular and it wasn’t religious.
MOOR FOUNTAIN
Moor Fountain is a fountain located at the southern end of Piazza Navona in Rome. It represents a Moor, or African
standing in a conch shell, wrestling with a dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons. It is placed in a basin of pink-colored
marble.
The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. In 1653, the
statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. In 1874, during a restoration of the fountain, the original statues
were moved to Galleria Borghese and replaced with copies.
In September 2011, the fountain was damaged after a vandal attacked it with a hammer. The vandal also damaged the
Trevi Fountain t hat night.
ACQUA FELICE FOUNTAIN
The artwork is called ''Fontana dell'Acqua Felice' or ''Fontana di Mosè''. It was built in 1585 until 1589 by Domenico
Fontana and then continued by Giovanni Fontana. The materials used to make this artwork were travertine,marbles and
plaster.
The artwork represents three big recesses divided into three column swhich have as base four lions crouched who are
throwing water from their mouths.
The relief of the left recess represents Aronne who guides the jew people to quench their thirst.
While the relief on the right side portrays Giosuè who made the jews across the dry Giordano.
On the central recess,there is a massive statue in travertine which portrays Mosè, begun by Prospero Antichi and finished
by Leonardo Sormani.
Mosè lays forward his right hand pointing at the waters miraculously rised by the rock to quench the thirst of the people
of Israel.
TREVI’S FOUNTAIN
Made by Nicola Salvi in 1732, who won a contest organized by the Pope Clemente XII in 1731.
In 1751 Salvi died and the fountain was finished by Pietro Bracci.
The fountain is dedicated to sea there is a large rectangular pool, with rounded corners, closed by pedestrian
crossing.
The scenography is dominated by a rocky cliff. In the centre there is a Statue, of the Ocean in a cavity between
two pillars, driving a chariot in the shape of a shell driven by two winged horses.
In the highest part of the fountain we can find the coat of arms of the Pope and also the statues of the four
seasons.
The tradition says that if you throw a coin while turning your back to the fountain a desire that you have
express will be realized
FOUNTAINS OF FARNESE
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Architect: Girolamo Rainaldi
Location Year : 1466
Materials: white marble ; Egyptian
granites ; travertine
Customer: Farnese Family
Water: Paola Acqueduct
The origins of the two fountains are not
sure; it is hypothesized, they derive from
“Terme di Caracalla” .
The two basins were not located in the
same period but about forty years one
from the other.
The two basins have an identical pattern,
but one is larger than the other.
In 1621 the basins were adapted as
fountains thanks to a donation of Paola
Water given to the Farnese by Gregorio
XV .