Ponte Vecchio
by Ivete Basso Photography
Title
Ponte Vecchio
Artist
Ivete Basso Photography
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Ponte Vecchio or Old Bridge is a Medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common.
The bridge spans the Arno at its narrowest point where it is believed that a bridge was first built in Roman times, when the via Cassia crossed the river at this point. The Roman piers were of stone, the superstructure of wood. The bridge first appears in a document of 996. After being destroyed by a flood in 1117 it was reconstructed in stone but swept away again in 1333 save two of its central piers, as noted by Giovanni Villani in his Nuova Cronica. It was rebuilt in 1345, Giorgio Vasari recorded the tradition in his day, that attributed its design to Taddeo Gaddi, besides Giotto one of the few artistic names of the trecento still recalled two hundred years later.
The bridge consists of three segmental arches: the main arch has a span of 30 meters (98 ft) the two side arches each span 27 meters (88 ft). The rise of the arches is between 3.5 and 4.4 meters (11 feet to 14 feet), and the span-to-rise ratio 5:1.
The present time tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers. The Ponte Vecchio's two neighbouring bridges are the Ponte Santa Trinita and the Ponte alle Grazie.
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July 25th, 2013
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Comments (27)
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Ivete Basso Photography replied:
Thank you so much John for FEATURE my work at: " IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU".
Randy Rosenberger
It is with great pleasure that I announce to you a big congratulations for this chosen piece of your artwork to be on special display on the homepage of our community of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I appreciate your activity in our group and want to thank you so much for being an active participant in helping promote other fine artists within the group. Usually in turn, such promotions bring promotions of your artwork into perspective and are featured on our homepage. One good turn deserves another. Your quality, definition, character, and variation in your works bring about a visual pleasure to view and share with others. Thanks for your participation in our family of friends and fine artists in our WFS group.
Ivete Basso Photography replied:
Thank you so much Randy for FEATURE my work at: " WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY". and for your wonderful comment.
EMONA Art
Marvelous photo of Ponte Vecchio, Ivete! Love how you composed this photo, so artistically!!! f+v
Ivete Basso Photography replied:
Thanks Emona for your nice comment and for your V/F. Appreciate it!
Anne-Elizabeth Whiteway
Ivete, This is such a stunning and wonderful image. Ponte Vecchio looks like a very fascinating and beautiful place to visit. All the details in this are so interesting. Thanks for comment about Dad's bear painting. I have it here at our home. F/V
Al Bourassa
We only had a 4-hour stop in Florence so I spent that time seeing Michaelangelo's David and the Uffizi Museum. I believe the Museum is very close to here but I ran out of time unfortunately. V/F
Ivete Basso Photography replied:
Thanks, Al. Appreciate your nice comment and your V/F! I took this photo up of hill and I can have a nice view of Florence. The Uffizi Museum is very close to Ponte Vecchio.
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