Bernini's Garden Fountains
Bernini's Garden Fountains
In Rome’s city center, there are many celebrated public fountains. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, one of the finest sculptors and artists of the 17th century designed, created and built virtually all of them. Traces of his life's efforts are obvious throughout the streets of Rome simply because, in addition to his capabilities as a water feature creator, he was also a city architect. Bernini's father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, guided his young son, and they eventually settled in Rome, to fully express their artwork in the form of public water fountains and water features. The young Bernini received compliments from Popes and relevant artists alike, and was an excellent worker. Initially he was celebrated for his sculpting skills. Working effortlessly with Roman marble, he made use of a base of knowledge in the ancient Greek architecture, most obviously in the Vatican. Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most serious effect on him, both personally and professionally.
Back Story of Outdoor Water Fountains
Back Story of Outdoor Water Fountains Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of scores of age-old documents from their original Greek into Latin. In order to make Rome worthy of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope resolved to embellish the beauty of the city. Restoration of the Acqua Vergine, a ruined Roman aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the behest of the Pope. The historical Roman tradition of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The present-day location of the Trevi Fountain was formerly occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and built by the architect Leon Battista Alberti.
The aqueduct he had reconditioned included modifications and extensions which eventually allowed it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.
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