| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Rome, Lazio, Italy | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1642-1643 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bernini, Gian Lorenzo | en_US |
| dc.creator | Urban VIII, Pope | en_US |
| dc.date | 1642-1643 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-26T20:21:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-26T20:21:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1642-1643 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 211828 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 50 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119314 | |
| dc.description | View of the fountain base, depicting stylized dolphins, detail; 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.medium | marble; travertine | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | deities | en_US |
| dc.subject | mythology (Classical) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dolphins | en_US |
| dc.subject | Triton (Greek deity) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Baroque | en_US |
| dc.title | Fountain of Triton | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Fontana del Tritone | 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-FT-C8 | 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 sculptor, 1598-1680); Urban VIII, Pope (Italian patron, 1568-1644) | en_US |
