Bernini’s First Italian Fountains

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One can find Bernini's earliest masterpiece, the Barcaccia fountain, at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. This spot continues to be filled with Roman locals and visitors who like to exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. Today, the city streets surrounding Bernini's water fountain are a trendy area where people go to gather, something which the artist would have been pleased to learn. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini launch his career with the construction of his very first water fountain. People can now see the fountain as a depiction of a commanding ship gradually sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. According to 16th century documents, a great flood of the Tevere covered the entire area in water, an event which was commemorated by the eye-catching fountain. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a long-lasting period of time, in 1665 Bernini traveled to France.

The Impact of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping

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The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably 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. But nevertheless home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the rest of the populace. Castles were more basic designs and often built on blustery hills, where their people devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, mostly positioned in the widest, most fertile hollows. Gardening, a placid occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. Berkeley Castle is possibly the most complete model in existence today of the early Anglo-Norman form of architecture. It is said that the keep was developed during William the Conqueror's time. A spacious terrace intended for exercising and as a means to stop attackers from mining under the walls runs about the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an old yew hedge cut into the shape of crude battlements.

The Godfather Of Roman Public Fountains

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The Godfather Of Roman Public Fountains In Rome’s city center, there are countless celebrated water features. One of the greatest sculptors and designers of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed, created and constructed nearly all of them. Marks of his life's efforts are evident all through the roads of Rome simply because, in addition to his abilities as a water fountain designer, he was also a city builder. A renowned Florentine sculptor, Bernini's father mentored his young son, and they ultimately went to Rome to fully showcase their artwork, primarily in the form of public water fountains and water fountains. The young Bernini was an great worker and received compliments and patronage of important painters as well as popes. He was originally celebrated for his sculpture. He used his expertise and melded it effortlessly with Roman marble, most significantly in the Vatican. Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most profound effect on him, both personally and professionally.