Wölfflin chapter 2 Plane and recession
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1648-51
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Piazza Navona, Rome
Travertine and marble
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Benedikt Wurzelbauer (b. 1548, d. 1620, Nurnburg)
1584-9
Fountain of the Virtues (Tugendbrunnen)
Lorenzkirche, Nuremberg
Crowned with the statue of Justice
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Adriaen de Vries (b. ca. 1556, The Hague, d. 1626, Prague)
1596-1602
Fountain of Hercules
Augsburg
Bronze
Crowned by a symbol of Virtue - a statue of Hercules slaying the Hydra. One of three fountains put up to mark the 1600th anniversary of the city.
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Taddeo Landini (b. ca. 1550, Florence, d. 1596, Rome)
1585
Fountain of the Tortoises
Piazza Mattei, Rome
Marble and bronze
112
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (b. 1598, Naples, d. 1680, Rome)
1671-4
Beata Ludovica Albertoni
San Francesco a Ripa, Rome
Marble
Light comes from a hidden window above and to the left of her head.
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Niccolò Salvi (b. 1697, Rome, d. 1751, Rome)
1732-62
Fontana di Trevi
Piazza di Trevi, Rome
Marble
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Michelangelo (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Rome)
1545
Tomb of Pope Julius II
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
Marble
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