The Magificent First Wonders by Bernini

The Magificent First Wonders by Bernini The Barcaccia, Bernini's very first fountain, is a magnificent chef d'oeuvre built at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. Magificent First Wonders Bernini 61582831.jpg

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To this day, you will find Roman locals and vacation goers occupying this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most fashionable meeting places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini start off his career with the construction of his very first fountain. People can now see the fountain as an illustration of a commanding ship gradually sinking into the Mediterranean. The great 16th century flood of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the fountain according to writings from the time. In what became his sole extended absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.

Gian Bernini's Water Fountains

Gian Bernini's Water Fountains There are many celebrated fountains in Rome’s city center. Nearly all of them were planned, architected and built by one of the finest sculptors and designers of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. His abilities as a fountain developer and also as a city architect, are observable all through the roads of Rome. Gian Bernini's Water Fountains 2266437775941330.jpg

A famous Florentine sculptor, Bernini's father guided his young son, and they eventually transferred to Rome to fully showcase their art, mainly in the form of public water fountains and water fountains. An excellent worker, the young Bernini acquired compliments and patronage of many popes and influential designers. Originally he was celebrated for his sculpting skills. Most notably in the Vatican, he used a base of experience in classic Greek architecture and melded it effortlessly with Roman marble. He was affected by many great artists, however, Michelangelo had the biggest effect on his work.

The First Contemporary Wall Fountains

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Hundreds of ancient Greek records were translated into Latin under the authority of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the model capital of the Christian world. Reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine, a desolate Roman aqueduct which had transported fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the behest of the Pope. 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 architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The water which eventually furnished the Trevi Fountain as well as the acclaimed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona came from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.