Fountain of the Four Continents - Trieste - Italy
by Paolo Signorini
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Fountain of the Four Continents - Trieste - Italy
Artist
Paolo Signorini
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Fountain of the Four Continents, located in front of the Town Hall in Piazza Unità d’Italia, was created between 1751 and 1754 by the Bergamo sculptor Giovanni Battista Mazzoleni, also author of the Giovanin Fountain in Piazza Ponterosso and of the Neptune Fountain in Piazza of the Stock Exchange.The intention was to present Trieste to the world as a city aided by Fortuna through the establishment of the Portofranco and the liberal policy of Charles VI and Maria Teresa.The four statues at the corner of the basin represent the four continents with an animal and each represents one of the four continents then known: Europe with the horse, Asia with the camel, Africa with the lion and America with the crocodile. Oceania-Australia had not yet been discovered. Allegorical figures of Rivers pour water from their jars into the shells below; below the water gushes from the mouths of four dolphins, falling back into the large pools.On the top, the Angel of Fame with spread wings overlooks the young figure of Trieste, lying on the rocks of the Carso, and surrounded by bundles, barrels, bales of cotton and ropes, in the act of addressing a merchant in oriental clothing. In 1938 the fountain was removed from the square to make way for the stage for the meeting of Benito Mussolini visiting the city. It returned to the square in the seventies after being restored.
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Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations! Your beautiful artwork has been featured on the main gallery of the "Travel Art" group at Fine Art America! For further promotion, I invite you to post it to our FB group (link provided on our homepage) F.
Michelle Meenawong
wow, I love this very much Paolo. I would love to be there, for me Italy is a huge museum, it's so beautiful fav
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion! L
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning photograph of Fountain of the Four Continents in Italy with great perspective, colors, sky, perspective, and composition! F/L
Nancy Carol Photography
Congratulations! .... Your wonderful work of art has been presented on the HomePage in the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. Thanks for sharing with all of us. If you wish, you can archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs .... Nancy