Inventors of the First Water Features

Inventors of the First Water Features Water fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one person. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci exemplified the artist as a innovative genius, inventor and scientific expert. He carefully noted his observations in his now recognized notebooks, after his mind boggling interest in the forces of nature inspired him to examine the qualities and movement of water. Ingenious water displays loaded of symbolic significance and natural wonder converted private villa settings when early Italian water feature designers coupled resourcefulness with hydraulic and landscaping skill. Inventors First Water Features 67118286.jpg

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Known for his virtuosity in archeology, architecture and garden creations, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, delivered the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli. Masterminding the fascinating water marbles, water attributes and water antics for the assorted mansions in the vicinity of Florence, some other fountain creators were well versed in humanist issues and time-honored scientific texts.

The Beautiful Early Masterpieces by Bernini

The Beautiful Early Masterpieces by Bernini Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art seen at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, you will find Roman locals and vacation goers occupying this area to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. Today, the city streets around Bernini's fountain are a trendy place where people go to gather, something which the artist would have been pleased to learn. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini launch his professional life with the construction of his first water fountain. A large vessel slowly sinking into the Mediterranean is the fountain's central theme. The great 16th century flood of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the water fountain according to documents from the period. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a long-lasting period of time, in 1665 Bernini traveled to France.

Rome’s Early Water Delivery Systems

Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct founded in Rome, began providing the many people living in the hills with water in 273 BC, even though they had counted on natural springs up till then. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the only technological innovations around at the time to supply water to spots of higher elevation. In the early 16th century, the city began to utilize the water that ran below ground through Acqua Vergine to furnish water to Pincian Hill. The aqueduct’s channel was made reachable by pozzi, or manholes, that were installed along its length when it was initially developed. The manholes made it easier to maintain the channel, but it was also achievable to use buckets to pull water from the aqueduct, as we witnessed with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he bought the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he died. The cistern he had made to gather rainwater wasn’t satisfactory to meet his water requirements. That is when he made the decision to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran under his residence.

Statuary As a Staple of Classic Art in Ancient Greece

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Statuary As a Staple of Classic Art in Ancient Greece Archaic Greeks were well known for providing the first freestanding statuary; up till then, most carvings were constructed out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of these freestanding sculptures were what is known as kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. Symbolizing beauty to the Greeks, the kouroi were crafted to appear rigid and commonly had foot in front; the males were vigorous, robust, and nude. In around 650 BC, the varieties of the kouroi became life-sized. The Archaic period was turbulent for the Greeks as they evolved into more refined forms of federal government and art, and acquired more information and facts about the peoples and cultures outside of Greece. Similar to many other times of historical conflict, disagreements were commonplace, and there were battles between city-states like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos.