The Distribution of Outdoor Garden Fountain Engineering Knowledge in Europe
The Distribution of Outdoor Garden Fountain Engineering Knowledge in Europe Throughout Europe, the chief means of spreading useful hydraulic facts and fountain design ideas were the circulated pamphlets and illustrated publications of the time, which contributed to the advancement of scientific technology.
In the late 1500's, a French water feature architect (whose name has been lost) was the globally recognized hydraulics innovator. With imperial mandates in Brussels, London and Germany, he started his career in Italy, developing knowledge in garden design and grottoes with integrated and imaginative water hydraulics. He penned a publication named “The Principles of Moving Forces” toward the conclusion of his lifetime while in France that turned into the essential tome on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. Describing the latest hydraulic systems, the book also modified critical hydraulic discoveries of classical antiquity. As a mechanized method to move water, Archimedes made the water screw, key among crucial hydraulic discoveries. Sunlight warming water in two vessels unseen in a room adjacent to an ornamental fountain was presented in one illustration. The end result: the water feature is activated by the hot liquid expanding and rising up the pipes. The book also covers garden ponds, water wheels, water feature designs.
At What Point Did Water Fountains Originate?
At What Point Did Water Fountains Originate? Himself a highly educated man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of hundreds of ancient texts from their original Greek into Latin. In order to make Rome deserving of being the capital of the Christian world, the Pope resolved to embellish the beauty of the city. Starting 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 repair at the behest of the Pope. The historical Roman custom of marking the entry point of an aqueduct with an imposing celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti began the construction of a wall fountain in the place where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains located in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had reconstructed.
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....
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The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complete your home....
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Garden fountains today are typically made from metal, though you can find them in other materials too.Those made from metals have clean lines and attractive sculptural elements, and are flexible enough to fit any budget and decor....
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Multi-talented people, fountain artists from the 16th to the late 18th century frequently served as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person....
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Archaic Greeks were known for creating the first freestanding statuary; up until then, most carvings were constructed out of walls and pillars as reliefs.Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are called kouros figures....
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