Bernini: The Genius Behind Italy's Most Impressive Fountains

Bernini: The Genius Behind Italy's Most Impressive Fountains Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a breath taking work of art seen at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. This area continues to be filled with Roman locals and visitors who enjoy exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. Bernini would undoubtedly have been happy to know that people still flock to what has become one the city's most fashionable areas, that surrounding his amazing water fountain. Bernini: Genius Behind Italy's Impressive Fountains 22057484787811458484.jpg

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In about 1630, the great artist built the first fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. The fountain’s central motif is based on a massive ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. The great 16th century flooding of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the water fountain according to writings from the time. In what turned out to be his sole extended absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.

Anglo-Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. Anglo-Saxon Gardens Time Norman Conquest 94376201986131303.jpg

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Still, home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the general population. Monasteries and castles served separate functions, so while monasteries were large stone structures built in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the occupants focused on learning offensive and defensive techniques. Gardening, a placid occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is portrayed in Berkeley Castle, which is most likely the most unscathed sample we have. It is said that the keep was created during William the Conqueror's time. A big terrace recommended for strolling and as a means to stop attackers from mining below the walls runs about the building. On one of these parapets is a picturesque bowling green covered in grass and enclosed by an aged hedge of yew that has been shaped into coarse battlements.

Contemporary Sculpture in Ancient Greece

Contemporary Sculpture in Ancient Greece A good number of sculptors were paid by the temples to adorn the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods up until the period came to a close and countless Greeks began to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred, when it became more typical for sculptors to portray ordinary people as well. In some cases, a interpretation of wealthy families' ancestors would be commissioned to be located inside huge familial burial tombs, and portraiture, which would be duplicated by the Romans upon their conquest of Greek civilization, also became customary. The use of sculpture and other art forms differed through the years of The Greek Classical period, a time of artistic progress when the arts had more than one goal. Whether to satisfy a visual desire or to celebrate the figures of religion, Greek sculpture was actually an innovative practice in the ancient world, which could be what attracts our interest today.