The Magificent First Masterpieces by Bernini

The Magificent First Masterpieces by Bernini Bernini's earliest fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art found at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, you will find Roman residents and vacation goers occupying this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most stylish meeting places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini start off his professional life with the construction of his very first water fountain. People can now see the fountain as a depiction of a great ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. Magificent First Masterpieces Bernini 11795768.jpg

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Period writings dating back to the 16th century indicate that the fountain was built as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the great flooding of the Tevere. In 1665, France was graced by Bernini's one-and-only extended trip outside of Italy.

Outdoor Fountain Builders Through History

Outdoor Fountain Builders Through History Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the late 18th century, fountain designers were multi-talented people, Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was notable as a creative intellect, inventor and scientific virtuoso. He systematically recorded his observations in his now much celebrated notebooks about his research into the forces of nature and the properties and mobility of water. Brilliant water displays full with symbolic significance and natural wonder converted private villa settings when early Italian water feature designers paired resourcefulness with hydraulic and landscaping expertise. The magnificence in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was famed for his capabilities in archeology, architecture and garden design. Well versed in humanistic subject areas and ancient scientific texts, other fountain designers were masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water attributes and water jokes for the various properties near Florence.