| 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 | 2013-04-26T20:21:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T20:21:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1647-1651 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 211794 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 49 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119280 | |
| dc.description | Sculpture representing the Nile, the right leg and water spout, located at the northeast corner (design is by Bernini but executed by pupil Giacomo Antonio Fancelli); 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-E5 | 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 |
