Contemporary Statues in Ancient Greece

Contemporary Statues in Ancient Greece Although most sculptors were compensated by the temples to decorate the sophisticated columns and archways with renderings of the gods of old, as the period came to a close, it became more common for sculptors to depict average people as well mainly because plenty of Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. Wealthy families would sometimes commission a rendition of their ancestors for their big family tombs; portraiture also became frequent and would be appropriated by the Romans upon their acquisition of Greek civilization. A point of aesthetic development, the use of sculpture and other art forms transformed through the Greek Classical period, so it is inaccurate to suggest that the arts served only one function. It may possibly be the modern quality of Greek sculpture that captivates our awareness today; it was on a leading-edge practice of the ancient world regardless of whether it was established for religious purposes or aesthetic pleasure.

Water Transport Solutions in Early Rome

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With the building of the first raised aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, people who lived on the city’s hills no longer had to depend strictly on naturally-occurring spring water for their needs. When aqueducts or springs weren’t available, people living at higher elevations turned to water drawn from underground or rainwater, which was made possible by wells and cisterns. To supply water to Pincian Hill in the early 16th century, they implemented the brand-new technique of redirecting the stream from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground network. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at standard stretches along the aqueduct’s channel. During the roughly nine years he owned the property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi made use of these manholes to take water from the channel in buckets, though they were actually built for the function of cleaning and maintaining the aqueduct. Though the cardinal also had a cistern to collect rainwater, it couldn't supply enough water. That is when he made a decision to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran under his residence.