The Original Fountain Creative Designers
The Original Fountain Creative Designers Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, fountain designers were multi-faceted individuals, Throughout the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci illustrated the creator as a creative intellect, creator and scientific virtuoso.
With his astounding fascination concerning the forces of nature, he researched the characteristics and mobility of water and also methodically recorded his examinations in his now famed notebooks. Modifying private villa configurations into ingenious water exhibits full of symbolic significance and natural beauty, early Italian water fountain creators combined imagination with hydraulic and gardening expertise. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, design and garden design, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, offered the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli. For the various estates in the vicinity of Florence, other fountain engineers were well versed in humanistic topics and ancient technical texts, masterminding the excellent water marbles, water features and water jokes.
The Genesis Of Garden Fountains
The Genesis Of Garden Fountains A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to supply drinkable water, as well as for decorative purposes.The main purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to provide them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Used until the 19th century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their source of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from the power of gravity. Fountains were an optimal source of water, and also served to adorn living areas and celebrate the designer. Roman fountains often depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. Muslims and Moorish garden designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller versions of the gardens of paradise. King Louis XIV of France wanted to demonstrate his superiority over nature by including fountains in the Gardens of Versailles. Seventeen and 18 century Popes sought to extol their positions by adding decorative baroque-style fountains at the point where restored Roman aqueducts arrived into the city.
Since indoor plumbing became the norm of the day for clean, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely ornamental. Impressive water effects and recycled water were made possible by switching the force of gravity with mechanical pumps.
Modern-day fountains serve mostly as decoration for open spaces, to honor individuals or events, and enhance entertainment and recreational events.