Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Fountain of the Four Rivers
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Accession Number:
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132985
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Order Title:
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Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Close view, from the southwest, depicting opening at center with sculptures of the River Ganges (design is by Bernini but executed by pupil Claude Poussin) on the right and the River Danube on the left
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Date of View:
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10/1/1998
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Culture:
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Italian
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; waterworks; fountains
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works)
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Preferred Title:
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Fountain of the Four Rivers
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Agent Display:
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian architect, 1598-1680)
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Date:
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1648-1651 (creation)
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Materials:
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marble; travertine
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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54 ft (height, obelisk)
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Alternate Title:
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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
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Locations:
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Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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