The Godfather Of Roman Fountains

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In Rome’s city center, there are countless famous water features. Practically all of them were planned, architected and constructed by one of the finest sculptors and designers of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Traces of his life's work are evident throughout the streets of Rome simply because, in addition to his abilities as a water feature builder, he was also a city architect. Ultimately travelling to Rome to totally express their artwork, chiefly in the form of public water fountains, Bernini’s father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, mentored his young son. An excellent worker, the young Bernini received praise and the backing of many popes and influential designers. Originally he was well known for his sculpting skills. An expert in ancient Greek engineering, he utilized this knowledge as a starting point and melded it gracefully with Roman marble, most notably in the Vatican. Although many artists had an influence on his work, Michelangelo had the most profound effect.

The Earliest Recorded Outdoor Public Fountains of History

The Earliest Recorded Outdoor Public Fountains of History Villages and villages relied on working water fountains to funnel water for preparing food, washing, and cleaning from local sources like ponds, streams, or springs. A source of water higher in elevation than the fountain was required to pressurize the flow and send water squirting from the fountain's spout, a technology without equal until the late nineteenth century. The elegance and spectacle of fountains make them ideal for historical monuments. Crude in style, the very first water fountains didn't look much like contemporary fountains. Simple stone basins crafted from local stone were the original fountains, used for spiritual ceremonies and drinking water. The earliest stone basins are believed to be from around 2000 BC. The jet of water appearing from small spouts was forced by gravity, the sole power source creators had in those days. These original water fountains were built to be functional, commonly situated along aqueducts, streams and rivers to provide drinking water. Fountains with ornamental Gods, mythological beasts, and creatures began to show up in Rome in about 6 B.C., crafted from natural stone and bronze. Earliest Recorded Outdoor Public Fountains History 0806273360122487.jpg

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The extraordinary aqueducts of Rome furnished water to the incredible public fountains, many of which you can visit today.

The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens

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The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens The arrival of the Normans in the 2nd half of the eleventh century irreparably improved The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. The Normans were better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But yet there was no time for home life, domesticated design, and adornment until the Normans had conquered the whole region. Castles were more standard constructions and often constructed on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to practicing offense and defense, while monasteries were considerable stone buildings, mostly located in the widest, most fertile hollows. The sterile fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of gardening. Berkeley Castle is possibly the most intact model in existence nowadays of the early Anglo-Norman form of architecture. The keep is reported to have been created during the time of William the Conqueror. A significant terrace serves as a deterrent to invaders who would try to mine the walls of the building. On 1 of these terraces sits a quaint bowling green: it is coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

Builders of the First Water Fountains

Builders of the First Water Fountains Water feature designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one. Exemplifying the Renaissance artist as a creative genius, Leonardo da Vinci performed as an innovator and scientific specialist. He methodically documented his experiences in his currently renowned notebooks, following his mind boggling interest in the forces of nature inspired him to examine the qualities and mobility of water. Builders First Water Fountains 91243529406.jpg

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Remodeling private villa configurations into amazing water displays full of symbolic meaning and natural wonder, early Italian water feature designers paired imagination with hydraulic and horticultural knowledge. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, architecture and garden creations, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, offered the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli. For the various properties in the vicinity of Florence, other water feature engineers were well versed in humanist themes as well as ancient technical texts, masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water attributes and water antics.