Inventors of the First Garden Fountains
Inventors of the First Garden Fountains Multi-talented individuals, fountain designers from the 16th to the late 18th century frequently served as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci as a innovative intellect, inventor and scientific expert exemplified this Renaissance artist. He carefully documented his experiences in his now recognized notebooks, following his enormous curiosity in the forces of nature guided him to investigate the qualities and motion of water. Remodeling private villa settings into imaginative water exhibits full with symbolic interpretation and natural wonder, early Italian water fountain creators fused resourcefulness with hydraulic and gardening abilities. The magnificence in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was widely known for his capabilities in archeology, architecture and garden design.
The Beautiful First Wonders by Bernini
The Beautiful First Wonders by Bernini One can see Bernini's earliest masterpiece, the Barcaccia water fountain, at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. This area continues to be filled with Roman locals and tourists who like to exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. Bernini would without a doubt have been happy to know that people still flock to what has become one the city's trendiest areas, that surrounding his amazing water fountain. In about 1630, the great master designed the very first fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. Depicted in the fountain's design is a large ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. The great 16th century flood of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the fountain according to writings from the time.