du sculpteur Filippo della Valle
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du sculpteur Filippo della Valle
Fuente rococó de 1762 con figuras esculpidas diseñadas por Nicola Salvi
Los antiguos romanos tenían la costumbre de construir una fuente decorada al final de los acueductos que llevaban el agua a la ciudad. Está costumbre se mantuvo y se acentuó en el Renacimiento.
La Fontana di Trevi (de las tres calles), realizada ya en el Barroco por iniciativa del Papa Urbano VIII, resulta una de las más grandes y espectaculares ocupando todo el lateral de una plaza.
Inicialmente Bernini trabajó en los esbozos de la nueva fuente pero a su muerte el encargado de construirla fue Nicola Salvi que trabajó en ella entre 1732 y 1762.
Sobre los acantilados el dios Océano, obra de Prieto Bracci, preside la escena en un nicho central sobre las aguas mientras dos hipocampos, uno furioso (el mar embrabecido) y otro tranquilo (el mar en calma) son conducidos por sendos tritones. La Abundancia y la Salubridad, que fueron esculpidas por Filippo della Valle, acompañan a ambos lados.
La Fontana di Trevi es la más famosa y concurrida de las fuentes de Roma a cualquier hora del día y de la noche. Además de a sus propios méritos ello se debe a la popularidad proporcionada por la película de 1960 "La dolce Vita", de Federico Fellini, en una de cuyas escenas la actriz Anita Eckberg se mete vestida en ella y llama para que la siga al personaje encarnado por Marcelo Mastroiani.
Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Roma, Lazio, ITA, fontana. Translation: Three-Way Junction Fountain, Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy, fountain. Photo 3 of 3.
Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Roma, Lazio, ITA, fontana. Translation: Three-Way Junction Fountain, Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy, fountain. Photo 2 of 3.
'Cupid and Psyche' (c 1732) - by Filippo della Valle, The Wallace Collection
'Cupid and Psyche' (c 1732) - by Filippo della Valle, The Wallace Collection
'Cupid and Psyche' (c 1732) - by Filippo della Valle, The Wallace Collection
"Grace means Love in its purity and beauty, it is God himself as he revealed himself in salvation history, recounted in the Bible and in its fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Mary is called “full of grace” (Lk 1:28) and with her specific identity she reminds us of God’s primacy in our life and in the history of the world, she reminds us that the power of God’s love is stronger than evil, that it can fill the void that selfishness creates in the history of individuals, families, nations and the world.
These forms of emptiness can become hells where human life is drawn downwards and towards nothingness, losing its meaning and its light. The world suggests filling this emptiness with false remedies — drugs are emblematic — that in reality only broaden the abyss. Only love can prevent this fall, but not just any kind of love: a love that contains the purity of Grace — of God who transforms and renews — and can thus fill the intoxicated lungs with fresh oxygen, clean air, new energy for life. Mary tells us that however low man may fall it is never too low for God, who descended even into hell; however far astray our heart may have gone, God is always “greater than our hearts” (1 Jn 3:20). The gentle breath of Grace can dispel the darkest cloud and can make life beautiful and rich in meaning even in the most inhuman situations."
– Pope Benedict XVI.
Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation when the eternal Word took flesh in Mary's womb.
The text of my televised reflection about today's feast, broadcast on ETWN today, can be read here.
This amazing sculpture of the Annunciation is by Filippo della Valle and it is in the Jesuit church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome.
Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Roma, Lazio, ITA, fontana. Translation: Three-Way Junction Fountain, Nicola Salvi, Giovanni Battista Maini, Andrea Bergondi Agrippa, Francesco Pincelotti, Bartolomeo Pincelotti, Agostino Corsini, Giuseppi Poddi, Bernardino Ludovisi, Paolo Benaglia, Filippo Della Valle, Pietro Bracci, & Giuseppe Pannini, 1762, Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy, fountain. Photo 1 of 3.
Saint John of God (1745) by Filippo della Valle (1698-1768)
Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
Monument to Innocent XII Pignatelli (1746)
by Filippo della Valle (1698-1768)
Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
Monument to Pope Innocent XII Pignatelli (1691-1700) by Filippo della Valle, 1746. Rome, Saint Peter's Basilica.
Monument to Pope Innocent XII Pignatelli (1691-1700) by Filippo della Valle, 1746. Rome, Saint Peter's Basilica.
