The Genesis Of Outdoor Fountains
The Genesis Of Outdoor Fountains
The amazing or ornamental effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, as well as delivering drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property. Originally, fountains only served a functional purpose. People in cities, towns and villages received their drinking water, as well as water to bathe and wash, from aqueducts or springs in the area. Until the late nineteenth, century most water fountains functioned using the force of gravity to allow water to flow or jet into the air, therefore, they needed a source of water such as a reservoir or aqueduct located higher than the fountain. Serving as an element of adornment and celebration, fountains also generated clean, fresh drinking water. Roman fountains often depicted images of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. To replicate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages introduced fountains to their designs. King Louis XIV of France wanted to demonstrate his superiority over nature by including fountains in the Gardens of Versailles. To mark the entryway of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the construction of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts entered the city of Rome
Indoor plumbing became the key source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby limiting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity allowed fountains to deliver recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.
Modern-day fountains function mostly as decoration for open spaces, to honor individuals or events, and enhance entertainment and recreational gatherings.
The Dissemination of Fountain Design Innovation
The Dissemination of Fountain Design Innovation
Instrumental to the development of scientific technology were the published papers and illustrated books of the day. They were also the principal method of transmitting practical hydraulic ideas and fountain design ideas throughout Europe. An internationally celebrated innovator in hydraulics in the late 1500's was a French water fountain engineer, whose name has been lost to history. By creating gardens and grottoes with integrated and amazing water attributes, he started off his profession in Italy by earning Royal mandates in Brussels, London and Germany. He authored a publication entitled “The Principles of Moving Forces” towards the conclusion of his life while in France which came to be the basic book on hydraulic technology and engineering. Explaining contemporary hydraulic systems, the book furthermore modified key hydraulic breakthroughs of classical antiquity. Archimedes, the creator of the water screw, had his work highlighted and these integrated a mechanized means to move water. Sunlight heating up liquid in a pair of vessels hidden in a room next to an beautiful water fountain was shown in one illustration. The end result: the water fountain is stimulated by the hot water expanding and ascending up the conduits. Garden ponds as well as pumps, water wheels, and water feature styles are incorporated in the publication.