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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cieIn September 1547 Montorsoli travelled to Messina to produce the Fountain of Orion in front of the cathedral. The elaborately carved marble basin supports four reclining river-gods, the first use of such a formula in Renaissance art and also the first example of an urban fountain with symbolism directly related to water; a statue of the city's founder, Orion, surmounts two further basins.
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Fontana di OrioneDate Created
1910-01-01Date Modified
2017-07-03Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.Cultural Context
['Sixteenth century', 'Renaissance']Spatial Coverage
Messina|+38.192271+15.554285|Messina, Sicily, ItalyUsage metrics
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