La fontana dei Malavoglia by emmecielle
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Description
The Malavoglia's Fountain is a sculptural group located in Giovanni Verga Square, Catania, designed by Carmelo Mendola, a self-taught sculptor of Catania (1895-1976) who won with his project, despite the scepticism of many, the contest who the town banned 10 November 1956 to build a great monument dedicated to Giovanni Verga, to be positioned at the centre of the homonymous square. The realization of the complex sculptural lasted more than 19 years and ended October 25, 1975.
The subject of the work is the dramatic scene of the sinking of the "Providence", the ship of Malavoglia (a poor fisherman's family) of homonymous novel by Verga in 1881.
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Comments (51)
Beautiful fountain and image! Wonderful detail and capture of the water. The way the water forms a glowing light adds greatly to the drama of the scene.
Great capture and information Maria!
Wonderful place!
impressive fountain.
Eh ! Hai anche tu la fotografia di une fontana nella tua galleria! Bellissima fotografia e interessante storia. Una belle scultura
Superbly captured!
Looks very nice and quite epic.
Very good shot.
A remarkable fountain that is rich in history and in quality! Exceptional effect and POV! Indeed, I would say it is very dramatic and stands in for a great deal of symbolism and beauty! Masterful find and capture!
Excellent photo!
Outstanding. Thanks for your feedback on my macro shot. I agree - its going to take some practice. :)
Superb photography of this amazing fountain, and excellent interesting intro!! hugs Jane xx
fantastic photo !!, wow
Wow! Simply gorgeous capture Maria! I love the soft color of this one, it lends itself well to the history!
Excellent capture picture erland
Wow! This is a fantastic shot! I love the sculpture.
Fantastic capture, Maria. A very interesting story about this fine artwork. Very well done by Mendola, i must say. He use the sinking boats in an amazing way to depict the scenery. Very original work.+5
yep, has been in Catania long time ago (30 years...:)) wonderful capture and picture!
excellent !
Action!, Action I would love to take a few pics of this at night. Very dramatic atmosphere.
This is a fantastic capture especially with all that mist around the statue. Dana