Where did Fountains Come From?

Where did Fountains Come From? A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to provide drinkable water, as well as for decorative purposes.

The central purpose of a fountain was originally strictly functional. Fountains Come From? 0245414140145.jpg Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to supply drinkable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Up until the nineteenth, fountains had to be more elevated and closer to a water supply, including aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were not only utilized as a water source for drinking water, but also to adorn homes and celebrate the designer who created it. The main materials used by the Romans to create their fountains were bronze or stone masks, mostly illustrating animals or heroes. To illustrate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages introduced fountains to their designs. Fountains enjoyed a considerable role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exercise his power over nature. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to exalt the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the spot where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.

Indoor plumbing became the main source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby restricting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. Impressive water effects and recycled water were made possible by switching the power of gravity with mechanical pumps.

Modern fountains are used to adorn public spaces, honor individuals or events, and enrich recreational and entertainment events.

The Original Garden Fountain Creative Designers

The Original Garden Fountain Creative Designers Multi-talented people, fountain designers from the 16th to the late 18th century frequently served as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. Exemplifying the Renaissance skilled artist as a imaginative genius, Leonardo da Vinci toiled as an innovator and scientific specialist. With his tremendous curiosity about the forces of nature, he examined the attributes and mobility of water and also methodically annotated his findings in his now celebrated notebooks. Brilliant water displays full of symbolic meaning and all-natural beauty converted private villa settings when early Italian fountain creators coupled creativity with hydraulic and landscaping skill. The humanist Pirro Ligorio, celebrated for his virtuosity in archeology, architecture and garden design, provided the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli. For the many lands in the vicinity of Florence, other water feature builders were well versed in humanistic topics and classical scientific texts, masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water attributes and water jokes.