Back Story of Wall Fountains

Back Story of Wall Fountains Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of scores of ancient documents from their original Greek into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the worthy capital of the Christian world. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was renovated starting in 1453. The ancient Roman tradition of building an awe-inspiring commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, 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 spot where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Back Story Wall Fountains 474196679694962547.jpg

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The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the modified aqueduct he had reconstructed.

Bernini’s First Italian Fountains

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Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art seen at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, this area is flooded with Roman locals and tourists alike who enjoy debate and each other's company. Today, the city streets around Bernini's fountain are a trendy area where people go to meet, something which the artist would have been pleased to learn. The master's first water fountain of his professional life was built at around 1630 at the behest of Pope Urbano VIII. Illustrated in the fountain's design is a great ship gradually sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. The great flooding of the Tevere that covered the whole region with water in the 16th was commemorated by this momentous fountain as recorded by reports dating back to this time. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a prolonged period of time, in 1665 Bernini traveled to France.

Ancient Greece: The Roots of Garden Statue Design

Ancient Greece: The Roots of Garden Statue Design Nearly all sculptors were paid by the temples to enhance the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods right up until the time period came to a close and countless Greeks started to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred, when it became more typical for sculptors to portray everyday men and women as well. In some cases, a interpretation of wealthy families' forefathers would be commissioned to be placed inside of huge familial burial tombs, and portraiture, which would be copied by the Romans upon their conquest of Greek civilization, also became customary. The usage of sculpture and other art forms differed over the years of The Greek Classical period, a duration of artistic progress when the arts had more than one goal. It may be the modern quality of Greek sculpture that grabs our awareness these days; it was on a leading-edge practice of the ancient world regardless of whether it was made for religious purposes or aesthetic pleasure.