Where did Garden Water Fountains Originate from?
Where did Garden Water Fountains Originate from?
The incredible construction of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complement your home. Originally, fountains only served a practical purpose. People in cities, towns and villages received their drinking water, as well as water to bathe and wash, from aqueducts or springs nearby. Used until the nineteenth century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their source of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from the power of gravity. Acting as an element of decoration and celebration, fountains also supplied clean, fresh drinking water. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often utilized by Romans to beautify their fountains. To depict the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages introduced fountains to their designs. Fountains played a considerable role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. To mark the entryway of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the building of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts entered the city of Rome
The end of the nineteenth century saw the rise in usage of indoor plumbing to provide drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to strictly decorative elements. Impressive water effects and recycled water were made possible by switching the power of gravity with mechanical pumps.
Modern fountains are used to embellish public spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.
Did You Know How Mechanical Designs of Fountains Became Known?
Did You Know How Mechanical Designs of Fountains Became Known?
The published documents and illustrated publications of the time contributed to the development of scientific technology, and were the chief methods of transmitting practical hydraulic information and water fountain ideas throughout Europe. In the late 1500's, a French fountain developer (whose name has been lost) was the internationally recognized hydraulics innovator. By developing landscapes and grottoes with built-in and amazing water attributes, he started off his profession in Italy by earning Royal commissions in Brussels, London and Germany. “The Principles of Moving Forces”, a guide that turned into the essential text on hydraulic technology and engineering, was composed by him toward the end of his life in France. Modernizing vital hydraulic discoveries of classical antiquity, the publication also highlights contemporary hydraulic technologies. As a mechanized way to shift water, Archimedes invented the water screw, fundamental among key hydraulic breakthroughs. An decorative water fountain with sunlight heating the liquid in two vessels hidden in a nearby area was displayed in one illustration. Actuating the water fountain is hot liquid which expands and rises to seal up the pipes. Pumps, water wheels, water features and backyard pond designs are documented in the book.