The Dissemination of Water Feature Design Innovation

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The published reports and illustrated books of the time contributed to the evolution of scientific innovation, and were the primary means of transmitting useful hydraulic concepts and water feature ideas throughout Europe. An un-named French water feature designer was an internationally renowned hydraulic innovator in the later part of the 1500's. His know-how in developing gardens and grottoes with integrated and brilliant water fountains began in Italy and with mandates in Brussels, London and Germany. In France, near the end of his lifetime, he published “The Principle of Moving Forces”, a publication which became the essential text on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. The publication updated important hydraulic discoveries since classical antiquity as well as explaining modern day hydraulic technologies. As a mechanical means to shift water, Archimedes made the water screw, fundamental among key hydraulic breakthroughs. Two undetectable vessels heated by sunlight in a area next to the creative water fountain were shown in an illustration. Activating the water feature is hot liquid which expands and ascends to close up the pipes. Models for pumps, water wheels, water attributes and outdoor ponds are also mentioned in the publication.

Gian Bernini's Water Fountains

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There are numerous celebrated fountains in Rome’s city center. One of the greatest sculptors and artists of the 17th century, almost all of them were designed, conceived and constructed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Also a city builder, he had abilities as a water feature developer, and marks of his life's work are apparent throughout the roads of Rome. Ultimately travelling to Rome to fully express their artwork, chiefly in the shape of public water fountains, Bernini’s father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, guided his young son. An outstanding employee, Bernin earned compliments and the the backing of popes and well known artists. Initially he was renowned for his sculpting skills. Most notably in the Vatican, he used a base of knowledge in ancient Greek architecture and melded it effortlessly with Roman marble. Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most serious effect on him, both personally and professionally.

The Original Outside Water Fountain Artists

The Original Outside Water Fountain Artists Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the late 18th century, fountain designers were multi-faceted people, Leonardo da Vinci as a creative genius, inventor and scientific virtuoso exemplified this Renaissance creator. He carefully documented his findings in his now celebrated notebooks, following his immense curiosity in the forces of nature guided him to research the characteristics and motion of water. Brilliant water displays full of symbolic significance and natural grace transformed private villa settings when early Italian water feature creators fused creativity with hydraulic and landscaping expertise. Original Outside Water Fountain Artists 352328970132188.jpg

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Known for his virtuosity in archeology, design and garden design, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, delivered the vision behind the magnificence in Tivoli. For the various lands in the vicinity of Florence, other fountain creators were well versed in humanistic subjects as well as classical scientific texts, masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water attributes and water jokes.