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Giotto's Belltower
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Julie Wyatt (j_wyatt)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-11-20 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Camera: Canon PowerShot G2 |
| Exposure: f/4, 1/640 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-01-02 23:35 |
| Viewed: 810 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is the Belltower located next to the Duomo in Florence Italy.
This belltower was one of the most beautiful in Italy, and was an (extremely costly) invention of genius by Giotto which was created more as a decorative monument than a functional one. In 1334 the great artist was nominated overseer of the building site for the new cathedral and was commissioned to continue the construction. However, instead of concentrating on developing Arnolfo di Cambio's project for the Cathedral, Giotto preferred to create something of his very own: the belltower.
The artist worked from 1334 to 1337, the year of his death, on the addition of the new architectural element that was to enrich the square, but only lived to see the first floor of his project completed, where the pointed entrance stands. White marble from Carrara, green marble from Prato and red marble from Siena colour the surface. |
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This view of the tower is stunning! It's so hard to imagine that someone had to cut and carve and size and place each little bit of marble....all the way up!
I love the way this seems to go up forever into the sky! The blue of the sky is wonderful and clear, great sharpness and clarity in this photo!
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