The Godfather Of Roman Fountains

The Godfather Of Roman Fountains In Rome’s city center, there are many celebrated water features. One of the most distinguished sculptors and artists of the 17th century, almost all of them were designed, conceptualized and built by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. His expertise as a fountain designer and also as a city architect, are observable all through the roads of Rome. Bernini's father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, mentored his young son, and they ultimately moved to Rome, in order to fully express their art, primarily in the form of public water fountains and water features. The young Bernini received encouragement from Popes and influential artists alike, and was an excellent employee. His sculpture was initially his claim to fame. An expert in ancient Greek engineering, he used this knowledge as a starting point and melded it flawlessly with Roman marble, most notably in the Vatican. Godfather Roman Fountains 51245303244638.jpg

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Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most profound impact on him, both personally and professionally.

Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems

Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Problems Previous to 273, when the first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in Roma, citizens who dwelled on hills had to go even further down to get their water from natural sources. If people living at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to depend on the remaining existing solutions of the time, cisterns that collected rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that drew the water from below ground. Aqueducts: Answer Rome's Water Problems 93431880.jpg

Aqueducts: Answer Rome's Water Problems 93431880.jpg

To deliver water to Pincian Hill in the early 16th century, they implemented the emerging method of redirecting the current from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground channel. The aqueduct’s channel was made reachable by pozzi, or manholes, that were added along its length when it was first built. The manholes made it easier to thoroughly clean the channel, but it was also possible to use buckets to remove water from the aqueduct, as we discovered with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he operated the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he passed away. Despite the fact that the cardinal also had a cistern to collect rainwater, it didn’t provide a sufficient amount of water. Fortunately, the aqueduct sat under his property, and he had a shaft opened to give him accessibility.

Ancient Greece: The Beginnings of Garden Statue Design

Ancient Greece: The Beginnings of Garden Statue Design Sculptors garnished the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the greek gods until the period came to a close and most Greeks had begun to think of their theology as superstitious rather than sacred; at that point, it became more standard for sculptors be paid to depict ordinary people as well. Portraiture came to be prevalent as well, and would be accepted by the Romans when they defeated the Greeks, and quite often wealthy families would order a depiction of their progenitors to be positioned inside their huge familial burial tombs. During the the years of The Greek Classical period, a time of artistic progress, the use of sculpture and many other art forms changed, so it is inaccurate to think that the arts served merely one function. Whether to gratify a visual yearning or to celebrate the figures of religion, Greek sculpture was an innovative approach in the ancient world, which may be what draws our interest today.