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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Rome, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1642-1643 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBernini, Gian Lorenzoen_US
dc.creatorUrban VIII, Popeen_US
dc.date1642-1643en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-26T20:21:43Z
dc.date.available2013-04-26T20:21:43Z
dc.date.issued1642-1643en_US
dc.identifier211819en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 50en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119305
dc.descriptionView of the entire upper portion, rear view; His last major commission for this papacy [Urban VIII] was for a fountain outside the family palace at Piazza Barberini. With the Triton Fountain, completed in 1642-1643, Bernini abandoned the staid, architectural format of earlier fountains to create a spectacle. Four dolphins, tails entwined around the papal coats of arms and supporting a giant bivalve, arise from a pool of water. The sea god Triton, seated in the middle of this great shell, blasts a thunderous stream of water heavenward from a massive conch shell. The base, basin and figure are integrated into an organic, poetic whole, which Bernini intended as a celebration of Urban VIII's rule. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 11/13/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediummarble; travertineen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectmythology (Classical)en_US
dc.subjectDolphinsen_US
dc.subjectTriton (Greek deity)en_US
dc.subjectUrban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644en_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleFountain of Tritonen_US
dc.title.alternativeFontana del Tritoneen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BG-FT-B4en_US
vra.culturalContextItalianen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayGian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680); Urban VIII, Pope (Italian patron, 1568-1644)en_US


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