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Title

Trevi [motion picture].

Publication

United States : Metropolitan Arts for the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988.

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Additional Authors

• Rogers, Richard P.
• Shaff, Corey.
• Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 film reel (17 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

Summary

The Fontana di Trevi in Rome was commissioned by Pope Clement XII Corsini and built between 1732 and 1762 according to the design of Nicola Salvi. Explores relationships between the original meaning and received meanings of this famous monument over time. Uses excerpts from a memorandum written by Salvi and shots of various mythological figures of the fountain to elucidate the iconography. Shows the early dawn cleaning of the fountain, when the water is turned off and coins are swept up. Follows the journey of water from the springs of its source--via the Acqua Vergine, an original Roman acqueduct--to the fountain. Illustrates the Trevi's role as a popular icon with a passage from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Marble Faun (1860) and a film clip, featuring Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni, from Federico Fellini's La dolce vita (1960). Concludes with a presentation of the fountain as tourist attraction, with comments from a souvenir seller, a tour guide, and tourists from all over the world.

Subject

• Fontana di Trevi (Rome, Italy)
• Fountains > Italy > Rome
• Monuments > Italy > Rome
• Rome (Italy) > Social life and customs

Note

• Title from container.

Credits (note)

• Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust ; directors, Corey Shaff, Richard P. Rogers ; producer, Richard P. Rogers ; cinematographer, Richard P. Rogers ; editor, Corey Shaff ; music, Martin Bresnick ; art consultant, John A. Pinto ; assistant Camera, Poala Bailsaguizi ; associate producer, Roberto Malerba.

Title

Trevi [motion picture].

Imprint

United States : Metropolitan Arts for the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988.

Credits

Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust ; directors, Corey Shaff, Richard P. Rogers ; producer, Richard P. Rogers ; cinematographer, Richard P. Rogers ; editor, Corey Shaff ; music, Martin Bresnick ; art consultant, John A. Pinto ; assistant Camera, Poala Bailsaguizi ; associate producer, Roberto Malerba.

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Added Author

Rogers, Richard P.

Shaff, Corey.

Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)

Branch Call Number

M16 5308 T