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 : : A History of Construction, Preservation, and Reconstruction in Siena / / Chiara E. Scappini, David Boffa.

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 Symbolist...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
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Scappini, Chiara E.,
Boffa, David,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 106 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1. Siena: Water and Power
  • 2. The First Fonte Gaia
  • 3. A History of Disrepair
  • 4. The Nineteenth-Century Fonte Gaia
  • Appendix I: Preliminary Research on the Condition of the Fonte Gaia
  • Appendix II: Dismantling and Cleaning the Fonte Gaia
  • Documents
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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