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Image:
7.00" x 10.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
12.50" x 15.50"
Fountain of Four Rivers by Bernini Framed Print
by Melany Sarafis
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Fountain of Four Rivers by Bernini framed print by Melany Sarafis. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Started in 1648 by Gianlorenzo Bernini, made from marble and travertine with Egyptian-style obelisk. Located in piazza Navonna in Rome. ... more
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Started in 1648 by Gianlorenzo Bernini, made from marble and travertine with Egyptian-style obelisk. Located in piazza Navonna in Rome. Commissioned by Pope Innocent X Pamphili following the traditional competition for the work. Interestingly, Bernini didn't even enter the competition, yet "somehow" the Pope saw his plans and gave the commission to him after someone else won the competition. (Yes, the art world in the Renaissance and Baroque eras was a dog-eat-dog world)
The fountain features an Egyptian-style obelisk - an ancitent Roman imitation comissioned by the emperor Domitian in the first century CE for the circus that he built in Rome at this location. The rocky landscape features four figures, as large as Michelangelo's David, that symbolize what at the time were considered to be the four main rivers of the world: The Danube, Nile, Rio della Plata and the Ganges.
The theme of the fountain was consistent with the Counter-Reformation which set out to co...
About Melany Sarafis
Melany Sarafis served her country for 24 years and recently retired from the USAF as a First Sergeant. She thinks it's really stupid when photographers refer to themselves in the 3rd person on their biographies. I needed to do something "low speed" after a successful but stressful military career. I've have been an avid photographer for a few years and enjoy this "internal" creative process and I was a full time student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tx, pursuing a BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Photography and Jewelry/Metalsmith Work. After taking an Art History course and learning a little about the Renaissance, I've become enamored with this art era. I took a trip to Florence Italy (the home of the Renaissance)...
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