Bernini's Earliest Showpieces
Bernini's Earliest Showpieces
Bernini's earliest fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art seen at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, you will see Roman locals and vacation goers filling this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. Today, the city streets around Bernini's fountain are a trendy area where people go to gather, something which the artist would have been pleased to learn. Dating back to around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII commissioned what was to be the very first fountain of the master's career. A large vessel slowly sinking into the Mediterranean is the fountain's main theme. The great 16th century flooding of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the fountain according to documents from the period. In 1665 Bernini journeyed to France, in what was to be his only lengthy absence from Italy.
The Garden Fountains
The Garden Fountains As initially developed, fountains were designed to be practical, guiding water from streams or reservoirs to the citizens of cities and settlements, where the water could be used for cooking, cleaning, and drinking.
A source of water higher in elevation than the fountain was required to pressurize the flow and send water squirting from the fountain's spout, a technology without equal until the late 19th century. Inspiring and spectacular, prominent water fountains have been crafted as memorials in many societies. The common fountains of today bear little likeness to the very first water fountains. A natural stone basin, carved from rock, was the very first fountain, utilized for holding water for drinking and religious purposes. Pure stone basins as fountains have been recovered from 2000 BC. The first civilizations that used fountains relied on gravity to drive water through spigots. The placement of the fountains was determined by the water source, which is why you’ll usually find them along reservoirs, waterways, or streams. Fountains with elaborate decoration started to show up in Rome in approx. 6 BC, normally gods and animals, made with stone or bronze. A well-engineered system of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public water fountains supplied with fresh water.
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