Fountain Designers Through History

Fountain Designers Through History Fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was celebrated as an inventive master, inventor and scientific virtuoso. He methodically noted his observations in his currently recognized notebooks, following his enormous fascination in the forces of nature inspired him to explore the qualities and motion of water. Coupling creativity with hydraulic and landscaping expertise, early Italian fountain creators transformed private villa settings into brilliant water exhibits complete with symbolic implications and natural wonder. The humanist Pirro Ligorio provided the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli and was renowned for his abilities in archeology, architecture and garden design. Masterminding the fascinating water marbles, water attributes and water pranks for the numerous mansions near Florence, other water feature creators were well versed in humanistic themes and time-honored technical texts.

The Wide Range of Wall Fountains

The Wide Range of Wall Fountains You can find tranquility and silence when you add a wall fountain in your garden or patio. Additionally, it can be made to fit into any wall space since it does not need much room. Both the stand alone and mounted versions need to have a spout, a water basin, internal tubing, and a pump. You have many styles to a lot to choose from whether you are looking for a traditional, popular, classical, or Asian style.

With its basin situated on the ground, freestanding wall fountains, or floor fountains, are typically quite large in size.

It is possible to integrate a wall-mounted fountain onto an already existing wall or built into a new wall. Wide Range Wall Fountains 85841701783081.jpg A unified look can be achieved with this style of water feature because it seems to become part of the landscape rather than an added element.

The First Modern Outdoor Wall Fountains

The First Modern Outdoor Wall Fountains Hundreds of ancient Greek documents were translated into Latin under the authority of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. In order to make Rome worthy of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope decided to enhance the beauty of the city. Beginning in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent restoration at the behest of the Pope. The historical Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an imposing celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. At the behest of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti began the construction of a wall fountain in the place where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Changes and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually provided the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.