The Source of Modern Day Garden Water Fountains
The Source of Modern Day Garden Water Fountains
The translation of hundreds of classical Greek documents into Latin was commissioned by the learned Pope Nicholas V who ruled the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the model capital of the Christian world. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. The ancient Roman tradition of building an awe-inspiring commemorative fountain at the point where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was resurrected by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the well-known baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the modified aqueduct he had rebuilt.
Statues As a Staple of Classic Art in Historic Greece
Statues As a Staple of Classic Art in Historic Greece The first freestanding statuary was developed by the Archaic Greeks, a distinguished achievement since until then the sole carvings in existence were reliefs cut into walls and columns. Kouros figures, sculptures of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks, made up the bulk of the sculptures. Regarded as by Greeks to embody skin care, the kouroi were shaped into firm, forward facing positions with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were always nude, well-built, and athletic.
Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. The Archaic period was turbulent for the Greeks as they evolved into more polished forms of government and art, and gained more information about the peoples and civilizations outside of Greece. However, these conflicts did little to impede the progress of the Greek civilization.
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