Water Fountain Engineers Through History

Water Fountain Engineers Through History Often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and discerning scholars, all in one, fountain designers were multi-faceted individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci illustrated the creator as an creative intellect, inventor and scientific expert. He systematically annotated his observations in his now famed notebooks about his research into the forces of nature and the attributes and motion of water. Ingenious water exhibits full of symbolic significance and natural beauty changed private villa settings when early Italian fountain creators coupled imagination with hydraulic and gardening abilities. Water Fountain Engineers History 59081622738090628894.jpg

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The humanist Pirro Ligorio brought the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli and was recognized for his virtuosity in archeology, architecture and garden concepts. Well versed in humanist themes as well as classical scientific readings, some other fountain designers were masterminding the fascinating water marbles, water properties and water pranks for the countless mansions around Florence.

Anglo-Saxon Grounds at the Time of the Norman Conquest

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The advent of the Normans in the latter half of the 11th century considerably altered The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. The Normans were better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But before centering on home-life or having the occasion to consider domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire society. Because of this, castles were cruder structures than monasteries: Monasteries were frequently important stone buildings set in the biggest and most fecund valleys, while castles were built on windy crests where their citizens dedicated time and space to projects for offense and defense. The sterile fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of gardening. Berkeley Castle, potentially the most uncorrupted model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists in the present day. It is said that the keep was developed during William the Conqueror's time. A large terrace meant for walking and as a way to stop enemies from mining under the walls runs around the building. On 1 of these terraces sits a charming bowling green: it's coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

Water Features: The Minoan Culture

Water Features: The Minoan Culture During archaeological excavations on the island of Crete, various kinds of conduits have been uncovered. These were utilized to supply cities with water as well as to minimize flooding and eliminate waste material. The chief materials utilized were stone or clay. When terracotta was employed, it was normally for canals as well as water pipes which came in rectangle-shaped or spherical forms. Amidst these were terracotta piping that were U shaped or a shorter, cone-like shape which have exclusively showed up in Minoan civilization. Terracotta pipes were employed to administer water at Knossos Palace, running up to three meters beneath the flooring. The pipelines also had other applications including collecting water and diverting it to a central area for storing. These terracotta pipelines were required to perform: Underground Water Transportation: Initially this particular system appears to have been designed not quite for ease but to supply water for certain people or rites without it being seen. Quality Water Transportation: There’s also evidence which indicates the pipelines being employed to provide for water fountains independently of the local system.

The Source of Today's Fountains

The Source of Today's Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a learned man, ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of ancient classic Greek documents into Latin. It was imperative for him to beautify the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a ruined aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was renovated starting in 1453. The ancient Roman custom of building an imposing commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was resurrected by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. Source Today's Fountains 251396785688137.jpg

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The Trevi Fountain as well as the well-known baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had reconstructed.