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 movements have shaped our perceptions of the Italian Renaissance as the Quattrocento was filtered through the lens of contemporary art and politics. |The Fonte Gaia from Renaissance to Modern Times A History of Construction Preservation and Reconstruction in Siena
