| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Rome, Lazio, Italy | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1648-1651 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bernini, Gian Lorenzo | en_US |
| dc.date | 1647-1651 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T20:20:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T20:20:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1647-1651 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 211764 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 49 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119250 | |
| dc.description | Rear view of the upper torso of the sculpture representing the River Ganges, depicting detail of the right hand and drapery (located at the southeast corner, design is by Bernini but executed by pupil Claude Poussin); The actual carving of the sculpture was done by assistants to Bernini. Its travertine base, populated with four giant marble personifications of the rivers Danube, Nile, Ganges and Plate [the four great rivers in the four continents recognized by the Renaissance geographers: the Nile in Africa, Ganges in Asia, Danube in Europe, and Río de la Plata in America. Each has animals and plants that further carry forth the identification.]... supports an ancient granite obelisk moved from the Circus of Maxentius. Bernini daringly pierced the base on all sides, thus opening a view through and making the massive obelisk appear to hover weightlessly above the void. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 11/15/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | marble; travertine | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | allegorical | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
| dc.title | Fountain of the Four Rivers | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-BG-FQ-B6 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Italian | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes) construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | fountain | en_US |
| vra.worktype | sculpture (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680) | en_US |
