The Godfather Of Rome's Outdoor Fountains

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There are many famous Roman water fountains in its city center. Nearly all of them were planned, designed and built by one of the finest sculptors and artists of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Also a city designer, he had abilities as a water fountain developer, and remnants of his life's work are evident throughout the roads of Rome. A renowned Florentine sculptor, Bernini's father guided his young son, and they eventually transferred to Rome to totally exhibit their artwork, primarily in the form of community water features and water features. An exceptional worker, Bernin received praise and the the backing of popes and well known painters. At the beginning he was renowned for his sculptural abilities. Working faultlessly with Roman marble, he used a base of expertise in the classic Greek architecture, most famously in the Vatican. Although a variety of artists impacted his artistic endeavors, Michelangelo influenced him the most.

Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece

Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece The Archaic Greeks built the very first freestanding statuary, an amazing achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. For the most part the statues, or kouros figures, were of young and nice-looking male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi, regarded by the Greeks to symbolize beauty, had one foot extended out of a fixed forward-facing pose and the male statues were regularly nude, with a compelling, powerful build. In 650 BC, life-sized variations of the kouroi began to be seen. The Archaic period was turbulent for the Greeks as they progressed into more refined forms of government and art, and obtained more information and facts about the peoples and cultures outside of Greece. Characteristics Garden Statuary Archaic Greece 171786284653141804.jpg

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During this time and other periods of historic tumult, clashes often occurred, among them battles fought between city-states such as the Arcadian wars and the Spartan invasion of Samos.

Aqueducts: The Solution to Rome's Water Challenges

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Aqueducts: The Solution to Rome's Water Challenges Rome’s 1st elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; prior to that, inhabitants living at higher elevations had to depend on local creeks for their water. Throughout this period, there were only two other innovations capable of supplying water to higher areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which gathered rainwater. To provide water to Pincian Hill in the early 16th century, they applied the brand-new process of redirecting the current from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground channel. As originally constructed, the aqueduct was provided along the length of its channel with pozzi (manholes) constructed at regular intervals. While these manholes were created to make it much easier to manage the aqueduct, it was also feasible to use buckets to remove water from the channel, which was done by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi from the time he acquired the property in 1543 to his passing in 1552. It appears that, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t good enough to satisfy his needs. Through an opening to the aqueduct that flowed under his property, he was in a position to meet his water desires.