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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, 1263 views. [retina]

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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user147467
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sent on January 01, 2019 (18:16) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hello Sergio
that beautiful. Shooting
from the top
with equally detailed caption...
Congratulations Micia

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sent on January 01, 2019 (18:28) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Micia.
Photos from above are often suggestive.
In particular, it shows the architecture of the fountain.
Hello
Sergio

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sent on January 01, 2019 (18:35) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful Sergio, congratulations and good 2019

avatarsupporter
sent on January 01, 2019 (19:37) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

A very nice look..... strabella....
Hello Raymond.
Good 2019

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sent on January 01, 2019 (19:48) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Nice shot. Greetings Conrad

avatarsenior
sent on January 01, 2019 (19:49) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Very nice for PDR and composition.
Hello and good 2019.
Eus

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sent on January 01, 2019 (21:34) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Black Rain, thanks 1000 for comment and congratulations.
Hello. Happy Birthday to you too.
Sergio

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sent on January 01, 2019 (21:36) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Raimondo! Thank you for your nice comment and good wishes for a happy year for you too.
Hello
Sergio

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sent on January 01, 2019 (21:37) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Corrado, I am very happy for your appreciation to this image.
Hello and greetings.
Sergio

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sent on January 01, 2019 (21:39) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Eus, I am very pleased your nice comment also to this perspective of this beautiful fountain.
Hello, greetings of a happy 2019
Sergio

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sent on January 02, 2019 (8:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

A really impressive shot, beautiful shot and interesting caption.. Congratulations Sergio.
A dear greeting and many wishes for a very happy 2019.
Hello Rod ;-)

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sent on January 02, 2019 (17:13) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hi Rod. Thank you for the wishes you spare. Good 2019! ;-)
Thank you then for the nice words of appreciation to this shot and for the compliments. Thanks 1000 :-)
Hello
Sergio

avatarsenior
sent on January 02, 2019 (19:45) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful point of recovery that enhances the geometry of the fountain
A.

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sent on January 02, 2019 (19:58) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Apresti.
you're right. The front photo describes the fountain, but not completely.
The photo from above adds descriptive elements and is an unusual vision for a monument..... photogenic. ;-)
Thanks 1000 for your nice comment.
Hello. Happy Birthday
Sergio

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sent on January 02, 2019 (20:44) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I often find myself thanking other friends of your land, who illustrate the views and historical areas of these historical places, and not only that, so I thank you for this precious artistic contribution that shows us, and of the detailed reading that together They make a real work of art,,.
Great event Sergio,, excellent your position in depicting the prestigious work, with excellent results of light, and beautiful color to the natural,, congratulations.
Antonio.

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sent on January 02, 2019 (21:32) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Antonio, I was very pleased to read your careful comment to this shot.
I am proud of my land and I like to present some of the typical aspects. My city, unfortunately, destroyed by the earthquake of 1908 and the successive, heavy, bombing of the Second World War, retains little of its history, which was also important, especially in 1700; So I decided to dedicate a gallery of images to present it to those who do not know.
I was pleased, so your positive feedback.
Hello
Sergio

avatarsenior
sent on January 03, 2019 (8:00)

Nice shot and document! Dedicating a gallery about the historical heritage of your city is a beautiful idea. Compliments.
Tutu

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sent on January 03, 2019 (11:17) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Tutu. Happy you liked the shot and my decision to create a gallery of images dedicated to my city that, poor thing, has suffered heavy destruction, but still offers some valuable reasons for a visit.
Hello
Sergio

user28555
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sent on January 05, 2019 (8:36) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Excellent recovery and visual variation that shows the plant from above where it appears in its apparent simple and linear perimeter composition and geometric shapes elaborated and nested inward to the vertical structure of the fountain with the statue/ Sculpture that dominates the overall structure ;-): Beautiful photo that integrates and completes the previous one with front view: Very good Sergio :-).
A dear greeting and happy year, Claudio :-P

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sent on January 05, 2019 (12:12) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks Claudio, you're right, the two photos are integrated, the front view, apparently "trivial" better describes the fountain. This describes it in its geometric forms, but it shows little of the precious sculptures. But it is a more "exclusive" photo, not everyone is willing to pay the ticket to go up, on foot! On the bell tower of the Duomo, which offers a view of the city and the narrow, precious.
has a defect this photo, and in realizing it I thought about you: little space at the bottom, you more than once, not only me, you advised not to take the whole frame of the subject, if anything, to Crorip after. In this case, the space was little and in part I had to cut it to straighten the shot that was not perfectly aligned, I came back to the limits, but for a short time.
Thanks always for your valuable comments and suggestions.
Good year to you too, a dear greeting
Sergio


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