FONTANA DEL NETTUNO

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Title	FONTANA DEL NETTUNO
Alternate Title	Neptune Fountain
View	General view, from the northeast, depicting location of the fountain within Piazza della Signoria
Notes	tribute, honorific
Work Type	fountain sculpture art in public
Style/Period	Late Renaissance
Creator Name	Ammannati, Bartolomeo
Creator Nationality	Italian
School of Creator	Mannerist
Date.Creator Birth	1511
Date.Creator Death	1592
Contributors to Project	Giambologna
Major Design Aspects	allegorical symbolic forms and elements mythological marine theme
Elements & Spatial Types	neptune satyr chariot nymph horse
Climate Type	Mediterranean
Country	Italy
City	Florence
State/Province	Tuscany
Alternate Place Names	Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio
Art Medium	marble
Dates	1560-1575
Century	16C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	9/30/1994
Subject Information	The fountain was first erected in wood and plaster to honor the wedding of Cosimo I Francesco to Joanna of Austria in 1565. Neptune was chosen to adorn it as an allusion to Cosimo's naval achievements. Giambologna had a hand in making the nymphs and satyrs around the basin. *** 'The giant in white marble (from which its nickname, Biancone) represents Neptune, the sea god, surrounded by tritons, sea divinities and satyrs. The Fontana del Nettuno, admired also as a sculpture, depicts a mythological scene that makes a great effect upon the spectator: the giant, in fact, seems to show his power and dominate the piazza coming out of the waters pulled by the force of four horses. The bronze figures on each side reproduce the Fluvial Allegories: the oceanic divinity Doride, her daughter Teti and two sea goddesses flanked by satyrs. Desired by Cosimo I (it has been said, because of his passion for the sea), it was commissioned to Bartolomeo Ammannati and to Giambologna. According to some historical records the figure of Neptune reproduces the face of Cosimo I, but it is not certain. The sculptural group owes its fame to the composite scenography and to the strong material contrast: the white marble of Neptune and the horses and the bronze of the Allegories.' Source: http://english.firenze.net/groups/6/29/artI199102.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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