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The composition of Bernini's Neptune and Triton consists of Neptune standing astride over Triton; Triton lies in sort of a "crouching" position; [a] the two figures mounted on a large half-shell, [14] [15] which serves as socle. [16] Neptune aims his trident seawards, [17] while Triton is blowing his conch. The conch was designed to spurt out ...
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Gianlorenzo Bernini sculpted the "Neptune and Triton" fountain (1622–23) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum [82] [83] and the Triton Fountain (1642–43) in Bernini Square, Rome. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] There is differing opinion on what earlier works he may have drawn from near-contemporary works or examples from antiquity.
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Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain) is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in the Piazza Barberini, [1] near the entrance to the Palazzo Barberini (which now houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) that Bernini helped to design and construct for the Barberini, Urban's ...
Crucified Christ (Bernini) [Wikidata] Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid 1655 Sculpture Bronze (233 x 166 cm) 57 [70] Corpus: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1650 Sculpture Bronze Life-size 57 [70] Dead Christ on the Cross: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore 1657–1661 Sculpture Gilt bronze corpus on bronze cross Likely a later cast 57 [70]
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first image of Neptune, and it's the best view of the planet's rings in over 30 years.
Bernini was chosen to restore both fountains, including the Southern one, which would become Fontana del Moro. [1] [8] Bernini had experience with creating nautical inspired artworks, such as Fontana del Tritone and Neptune and Triton. [9] Bernini’s fountains were inspired by those in Florence that featured fictional characters. [9]