Quadrigas, Palazzo di Giustizia - Piazza del Tribunali, Rome, Italy II
by Al Bourassa
Title
Quadrigas, Palazzo di Giustizia - Piazza del Tribunali, Rome, Italy II
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
I never tire of the magnificent sculptures in Europe, and especially the bold quadrigas.
Borrowed from a Rome ArtLover site:
The triumph of eclecticism was achieved in the design of a colossal building aimed at hosting all the different courts of justice (once in Palazzo di Montecitorio). The aim of the government was to build a monumental palace which would compete with those of the past. The winner of the competition was architect Guglielmo Calderini. The site chosen at the end of a new street which started from Via del Corso, near Chiesa della SS. Trinità and across a new bridge, provided for the building a very fine perspective. It had however the disadvantage of being too close to the river and its marshy shore so that it took 22 years to complete it and the cost was enormous. The palace (Piazza dei Tribunali) assembled elements of Renaissance and Neoclassicism styles with a rather Baroque excess of decoration and statues.
Both for its destination and its appearance the Romans labelled it as il Palazzaccio (the ugly palace).
It is very impressive with the huge quadrigas statue dominating the center of the building.
It features the goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas.
A quadriga (Latin quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast (the Roman equivalent of Greek Tethrippon). It was raced in the Olympic Games and other games. It is represented in profile as the chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and in bas-relief. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing. Quadrigas were emblems of triumph; Victory and Fame often are depicted as the triumphant woman driving it. In classical mythology, the quadriga is the chariot of the gods; Apollo was depicted driving his quadriga across the heavens, delivering daylight and dispersing the night.
The word quadriga may refer to the chariot alone, the four horses without it, or the combination.
All modern quadrigas are based on the Triumphal Quadriga, a Roman or Greek sculpture which is the only surviving ancient quadriga.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 7, 2009 in Rome, Italyduring a tour of Western Europe.
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Wendy Wunstell
Majestic! Lf
Al Bourassa replied:
WendyJOHN BAILEY, THANK YOU for the kind FEATURE of this artwork in the group IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU