Bernini: The Master of Italy's Greatest Water Fountains

Bernini: The Master of Italy's Greatest Water Fountains The Barcaccia, a stunning fountain constructed at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna, was Bernini's earliest water fountain. This spot is still filled with Roman locals and visitors who enjoy exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most stylish gathering places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In about 1630, the great artist designed the first water fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. Depicted in the fountain's design is a large vessel slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. According to 16th century texts, a great flood of the Tevere covered the entire area in water, an event which was memorialized by the tremendous fountain. In what turned out to be his only prolonged absence from Italy, Bernini {journeyed | traveled] to France in 1665.

Sculpture As a Staple of Classic Art in Ancient Greece

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The primitive Greeks built the 1st freestanding statuary, an awesome achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Most of the freestanding statues were of young, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are known as kouros figures. Thought of by Greeks to represent beauty, the kouroi were created into firm, forward facing positions with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were usually nude, muscular, and athletic. In around 650 BC, the differences of the kouroi became life-sized. The Archaic period was an awesome point of transformation for the Greeks as they expanded into new modes of government, formed fresh expressions of art, and achieved insights of the men and women and cultures outside of Greece. Notwithstanding, these battles did little to hinder the advancement of the Greek civilization.

Water Transport Solutions in Historic Rome

Water Transport Solutions in Historic Rome With the manufacturing of the 1st raised aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, folks who lived on the city’s hillsides no longer had to rely strictly on naturally-occurring spring water for their requirements. When aqueducts or springs weren’t accessible, people dwelling at raised elevations turned to water pulled from underground or rainwater, which was made possible by wells and cisterns. To supply water to Pincian Hill in the early sixteenth century, they utilized the emerging approach of redirecting the flow from the Acqua Vergine aqueduct’s underground network. The aqueduct’s channel was made accessible by pozzi, or manholes, that were installed along its length when it was first created. Water Transport Solutions Historic Rome 70961430986826158.jpg

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During the some 9 years he possessed the residence, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi utilized these manholes to take water from the network in containers, though they were actually established for the intent of maintaining and servicing the aqueduct. The cistern he had constructed to gather rainwater wasn’t sufficient to meet his water specifications. Through an opening to the aqueduct that flowed below his property, he was set to satisfy his water wants.