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Veranda Park's Quattro Cavalli (Italian translation meaning "four horses") statue fountain, are a replica of the world-famous Four Horses of St. Mark's Cathedral. These gilded bronze horses are one of the great treasures of Venice, Italy . Veranda Park's Quattro Cavalli was created by the Valese Artistic Foundry, the only bronze sculptors authorized by the Italian Government to cast the ancient horses. While their origin is debated, the horses are believed by many experts to be the work of the renowned Lysippos of Sicyon, the only sculptor Alexander the Great would allow to do his portrait. Accounts credit the Roman Emperor Nero with bringing the horses to Rome, where they were said to be displayed in his Domus Aurea. History does not recount what happened to the horses after Nero and his Golden Palace fell, and the horses do not appear again until around 320 A.D. when Constantine took them to adorn the starting gates at his new Hippodrome in Constantinople. The horses remained at the Hippodrome for almost 900 years until Constantinople fell to the Crusaders. The horses then were taken as booty to Venice, where they eventually were mounted above the door of St. Mark's Cathedral and there they stayed for 500 years. In 1797, yet another emperor coveted and absconded with the horses. Napoleon had them shipped to Paris and installed atop the Arc du Carrousel, the triumphal arch on the Tuileries end of the Champs-Elysees. Most of Napoleon's loot was sent back to Venice after the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the horses were reinstalled on St. Mark's logia. After almost 2,400 years, the horses' condition finally began to suffer due to modern air pollution. They now reside inside St. Mark's, with replicas taking their place on the logia. The Quattro Cavallo of Veranda Park, which will stand at the intersection of Grande Ave and Hiawassee Drive, are the only replicas of the ancient horses in the United States.
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Lysippos of Sicyon
Lysippos was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC. Together with Scopas and Praxiteles, he is considered one of the three great sculptors of the Classical Greek era, bringing transition into the Hellenistic period. Taken together, his large workshop, the demand for replicas of his work in his lifetime and later among Hellenistic and Roman connoisseurs, the number of disciples directly in his circle, and the survival of his works only in copies all pose methodological problems to the student.
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Albin Polasek, reconocido como uno de los escultores más destacados de los Estados Unidos del siglo XX, se retiró a Winter Park en 1950 donde realizó 18 importantes obras.
¡Descubrir el Arte en Florida Central!
Para aquellos que aprecian el arte, hay cientos de obras para ver. Este sitio web brinda información sobre muchas de esas obras de arte que cualquier miembro del público puede ver con frecuencia en el Condado de Orange sin costo de entrada. Están en el exterior a la vista del público o en un área interior que, en general, está abierta al público.
Eche un vistazo al sitio web y encuentre lo que le interesa. Luego, vaya y véalo en persona. La información que encontrará aquí complementará el placer de explorar el arte público en Florida Central.
Si, en sus viajes por el Condado de Orange, encuentra alguna muestra de arte público que no aparezca aquí, háganoslo saber para que podamos incluirla. Si tiene conocimiento de información adicional sobre una obra de arte o artista que se incluye aquí, una vez más, por favor, háganoslo saber. Juntos podemos lograr que este sea un recurso inigualable para aquellas personas que tratan de llenar sus vidas de emoción descubriendo el arte.