Characteristics of Garden Statues in Archaic Greece

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Characteristics of Garden Statues in Archaic Greece The Archaic Greeks built the first freestanding statuary, an awesome achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. For the most part the statues, or kouros figures, were of adolescent and nice-looking male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi were considered by the Greeks to represent beauty and were sculpted with one foot leading and an uncompromising stiffness to their forward-facing poses; the male statues were always strapping, brawny, and unclothed. In around 650 BC, the variations of the kouroi became life-sized. The Archaic period was tumultuous for the Greeks as they progressed into more refined forms of government and art, and acquired more information and facts about the peoples and societies outside of Greece. But in spite of the issues, the Greek civilization continued to advance, unabated.

The Godfather Of Rome's Water Features

The Godfather Of Rome's Water Features In Rome’s city center, there are countless easily recognized public fountains. One of the most distinguished sculptors and artists of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini planned, conceived and built almost all of them. Also a city architect, he had capabilities as a fountain designer, and marks of his life's work are noticeable throughout the streets 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. Godfather Rome's Water Features 9054099025.jpg

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An diligent employee, the young Bernini earned compliments and the backing of many popes and important artists. He was originally celebrated for his sculpture. Most notably in the Vatican, he utilized a base of experience in historical Greek architecture and melded it seamlessly with Roman marble. He was affected by many a great artists, however, Michelangelo had the biggest impact on his work.

Bernini’s Very First Italian Water Fountains

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One can find Bernini's very first masterpiece, the Barcaccia fountain, at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. Roman locals and site seers who enjoy conversation as well as being the company of others still go to this spot. One of the city’s most stylish gathering spots are the streets surrounding Bernini's fountain, which would certainly have brought a smile to the great Bernini. Dating back to around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII commissioned what was to be the very first water fountain of the artist's career. People can now see the fountain as a depiction of a commanding ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. The great flooding of the Tevere that blanketed the whole region with water in the 16th was memorialized by this momentous fountain as recorded by reports dating back to this time. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a lengthy period of time, in 1665 Bernini traveled to France.