Bernini's Earliest Masterpieces

Bernini's Earliest Masterpieces One can see Bernini's very first masterpiece, the Barcaccia water fountain, at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, this area is flooded with Roman locals and travelers alike who enjoy conversation and each other's company. Bernini would without a doubt have been happy to know that people still flock to what has become one the city's most fashionable areas, that surrounding his amazing fountain. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini start off his career with the construction of his very first water fountain. Bernini's Earliest Masterpieces 94938461220174.jpg

People can now see the fountain as an illustration of a commanding ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean. The great flooding of the Tevere that blanketed the whole region with water in the 16th was memorialized by this momentous fountain as recorded by reports dating back to this period. In what turned out to be his one and only prolonged absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.

Classic Greece: The Beginnings of Garden Statue Design

Classic Greece: The Beginnings of Garden Statue Design Even though many sculptors were compensated by the temples to embellish the sophisticated columns and archways with renderings of the gods, as the period came to a close, it became more prevalent for sculptors to depict common people as well mainly because plenty of Greeks had started to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. Portraiture, which would be recognized by the Romans upon their annexation of Greek civilization became conventional as well, and thriving families would often commission a rendering of their forebears to be placed in enormous familial tombs. Classic Greece: Beginnings Garden Statue Design 825611266.jpg

Classic Greece: Beginnings Garden Statue Design 825611266.jpg

A time of artistic development, the use of sculpture and other art forms morphed through the Greek Classical period, so it is not entirely accurate to say that the arts served only one function. Whether to gratify a visual yearning or to celebrate the figures of religion, Greek sculpture was an innovative method in the ancient world, which may be what draws our attention today.

The Beginnings of Contemporary Outdoor Wall Fountains

The Beginnings of Contemporary Outdoor Wall Fountains The translation of hundreds of classic Greek documents into Latin was commissioned by the learned Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 till 1455. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the center of his ambitions. At the bidding of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. A mostra, a monumental commemorative fountain constructed by ancient Romans to mark the point of entry of an aqueduct, was a custom which was revived by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the area previously filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. The water which eventually provided the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona flowed from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.