Contemporary Garden Decor: Fountains and their Roots

Contemporary Garden Decor: Fountains and their Roots The amazing or decorative effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, in addition to delivering drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property.

The main purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Contemporary Garden Decor: Fountains Roots 7543510451816582344.jpg Up to the late nineteenth century, water fountains had to be near an aqueduct or reservoir and higher than the fountain so that gravity could make the water move down or jet high into the air. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and celebrate the designer. Bronze or stone masks of animals and heroes were frequently seen on Roman fountains. Muslims and Moorish landscaping designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller versions of the gardens of paradise. Fountains enjoyed a significant role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. To mark the entrance 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 arrived in the city of Rome

The end of the nineteenth century saw the rise in usage of indoor plumbing to provide drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to strictly decorative elements. Gravity was substituted by mechanical pumps in order to permit fountains to bring in clean water and allow for amazing water displays.

Modern fountains are used to adorn community spaces, honor individuals or events, and enrich recreational and entertainment events.

The Original Water Feature Designers

The Original Water Feature Designers Water feature designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the late 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was celebrated as an inspired master, inventor and scientific virtuoso. The forces of nature led him to explore the qualities and motion of water, and due to his curiosity, he methodically captured his ideas in his now famed notebooks. Early Italian fountain builders changed private villa configurations into ingenious water exhibits complete of symbolic meaning and natural charm by combining imagination with hydraulic and horticultural expertise. The humanist Pirro Ligorio provided the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli and was recognized for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden design. For the assorted lands near Florence, other water feature developers were well versed in humanistic topics as well as ancient scientific texts, masterminding the incredible water marbles, water highlights and water antics.