Ponte di Santa Trìnita (Florence, Italy) : Figure of Fall (southwest corner)
- Creator:
- Ammanati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592
- Published/Created:
- River Arno, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1567-1570 ; 1950-1959 (restoration) - Date Depicted:
- 5/1/1998
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- In 1558 the Ponte di Santa Trìnita in Florence was destroyed when the River Arno flooded. After an unsuccessful initial approach to Michelangelo in Rome, Ammanati received the commission for its reconstruction to a new design (1567-1570). Its arches were derived from chainlike curves and so look long and low, as they spring from substantial and high piers with pointed breakwaters. The bridge includes sculptural ornamentation of the Four Seasons (male figures of Fall and Winter on one bank, female figures of Spring and Summer on the other).
- Variant Titles:
- Santa Trìnita Bridge
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Mannerist
Renaissance - Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-AB-PT-D3
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- allegorical; architectural exteriors; deities; engineering and industry; manufacturing; four seasons carving ; construction built works; bridges (built works) sculpture; allegory; cornucopia; harvest; cornucopia
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/1/1998 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10086278
- PID:
- digcoll:1864819