Fontana di Orione, from the campanile of the Duomo of Messina, page 3

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Fontana di Orione, from the campanile of the Duomo of Messina...

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Fontana di Orione, from the campanile of the Duomo of Messina sent on January 01, 2019 (17:58) by Sergio Bartolomeo. 48 comments, 1267 views.

at 85mm, 1/320 f/13.0, ISO 100, hand held.

La fontana di Orione eretta a Messina è stata definita dallo storico d'arte Bernard Berenson: “la più bella fontana del Cinquecento europeo”, Fu voluta dal Senato messinese nel 1547 a scopo celebrativo, con l'idea di fissare nella memoria la realizzazione del primo acquedotto cittadino che sfruttava convogliandole le acque dei torrenti Camaro e Bordonaro, Lo scultore fiorentino Montorsoli accettò l'incarico, e giunse a Messina insieme all'allievo Martino Montanini. Venne nominato capomastro scultore di fontane e incaricato di erigere in piazza del Duomo una fontana che rappresentasse Orione: mitico fondatore della città di Messina, Per la realizzazione, Montorsoli chiese che giungessero marmi da Carrara e impiegò numerosi scultori locali La fontana presenta una struttura piramidale: in alto Orione con ai piedi il suo cane Sirio. Sotto 4 puttini che cavalcano delfini dalle cui bocche esce acqua che si riversa nella tazza sottostante. Seguono 4 naiadi e 4 tritoni in vasche sempre più grandi. Poi una grande vasca dodecagonale con 4 statue raffiguranti i fiumi Nilo, Tevere, Ebro, Camaro (quest'ultimo in realtà è il piccolo torrente che alimenta la fontana) ed otto bassorilievi con rappresentazioni di miti relativi alle trasformazioni in presenza dell'elemento acqua, tutti tratti dalle Metamorfosi d'Ovidio. Alla creazione di questa complessa iconografia neoplatonico-alchemica collaborò quasi certamente lo scienziato-umanista Francesco Maurolico, che compose anche i distici latini incisi sotto le quattro statue delle divinità fluviali. Si finisce con 4 piccole vasche e 8 mostri acquatici in pietra nera. -------Tutte le foto contenute in queste gallerie sono copyright Sergio Bartolomeo e non possono essere utilizzate in alcuna forma senza il consenso dell'autore.

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Zen56zen

sent on January 23, 2019 (14:13) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful
Francesca

Sergio Bartolomeo

sent on January 23, 2019 (14:26) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Francesca.
I am very pleased to approve this photo with an unusual pdr.
Hello
Sergio

Alessandro Morini

sent on February 23, 2019 (23:00) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful revival of this magnificent fountain.
I was recently in Sicily.
Sin I am not oaxato oer Messina.
you with your shots the documents
very well.
Hello Sergio.

Sergio Bartolomeo

sent on February 24, 2019 (14:48) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Alessandro, unfortunately Messina in the earthquakes and bombings, which have hit, has lost a lot of its historical heritage, I have proposed, then to document its beauties to do justice.
Hello
Sergio

Giammarcoa

sent on June 04, 2019 (23:57) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Excellent composition cured, beautiful the geometries that you have created. Excellent the point of recovery!

Sergio Bartolomeo

sent on June 05, 2019 (10:39) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hi Giammarcoa, I am glad for your appreciation to this image.
Thank you for your fine words.
Hello
Sergio

user196465

sent on July 10, 2021 (21:40) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hello Sergio, I really like the pdr
Good Sunday

Sergio Bartolomeo

sent on July 10, 2021 (21:53) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hello Daniele, I am very pleased with your welcome comment on this shot dedicated to the fountain of Orion, taken from the top of the bell tower of the Cathedral of Messina
A warm greeting and happy Sunday
Sergio

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