The Fonte Gaia from Renaissance to Modern Times : a History of Construction, Preservation, and Reconstruction in Siena.
The Fonte Gaia from Renaissance to Modern Times' examines the history of Siena's famous public fountain, from its fifteenth-century origins to its eventual replacement by a copy in the nineteenth century (and the modern fate of both). The book explores how both the Risorgimento and the Sym...
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2018
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; The Fonte Gaia from Renaissance to Modern Times; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Siena: Water and Power; Water; Early Medieval Italian Fountains; Sienese Fountains; 2. The First Fonte Gaia; The Contract for the First Fountain; Decoration of the First Fountain; Sources of Water for the Fountain; The History of the First Fountain; Jacopo della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Fonte Gaia and Its Chronology; Identifying the Fonte Gaiaâ#x80;#x99;s Parapet Sculptures; Acca Larentia and Rhea Silvia; Jacopo della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Parapet Statues; Mother Earth and Gaia
- Why the Fonte Gaiaâ#x80;#x99;s Parapet Sculptures Were Changed to Refer to Gaia, and Other Precedents for Its IconographyThe Influence of Jacopo della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Fonte Gaia in the Fifteenth Century; 3. A History of Disrepair; Why the Fonte Gaia Was Damaged In Situ; Jacopo della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Choice of Materials; Civic Events and Festivals: Bull Hunts, Markets, Buffalo Races, Palio; The Removal of the Fountain; Milanesiâ#x80;#x99;s Crusade to Save the Fonte Gaia; Sarrocchi Carves a Replacement for della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Fonte Gaia; The Fate of della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Sculptures after Removal from the Piazza del Campo
- The Relationship between Bruniâ#x80;#x99;s Drawings and Sarrocchiâ#x80;#x99;s SculpturesCleaning della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Fountain Pieces; New Discoveries: What the Restoration Uncovered; 4. The Nineteenth-Century Fonte Gaia; The Life of the Sculptor; Sarrocchi in Antonio Manettiâ#x80;#x99;s Studio; Italian Purism; The Artistic Climate at the Academy: Lorenzo Bartolini and Giovanni DuprÃ;̈ Sarrocchiâ#x80;#x99;s Early Career; Giuseppe Partini; Sarrocchiâ#x80;#x99;s Fonte Gaia: Commission and Reception; Faithful Copy or Purist Revision? A Comparison of Sarrocchiâ#x80;#x99;s Fonte Gaia and della Querciaâ#x80;#x99;s Original Monument; Conclusion
- Appendix I:â#x80;#x82;Preliminary Research on the Condition of the Fonte GaiaAppendix II: Dismantling and Cleaning the Fonte Gaia; Documents; Document 1:â#x80;#x82;Contracts of 22 January 1409 and 1 June 1412; Document 2:â#x80;#x82;Letter to the Civic Magistrate of Siena from Gaspero Pini and Gaetano Milanesi, 18 July 1844; Document 3:â#x80;#x82;Programma per rifare la Fonte Gaia della Piazza di Siena; Bibliography; Index
