A Chronicle of Landscape Fountains

A Chronicle of Landscape Fountains Pope Nicholas V, himself a well educated man, reigned the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of ancient classical Greek documents into Latin. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world. Reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine, a desolate Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the behest of the Pope. A mostra, a monumental celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to mark the point of entry of an aqueduct, was a tradition which was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The water which eventually furnished the Trevi Fountain as well as the acclaimed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona came from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.

Classic Greece: The Inception of Garden Statue Design

Classic Greece: The Inception of Garden Statue Design Classic Greece: Inception Garden Statue Design 12159468003802.jpg

Sculptors garnished the lavish columns and archways with renderings of the greek gods until the period came to a close and most Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred; at that instant, it grew to be more accepted for sculptors be paid to show everyday individuals as well. Portraiture became widespread as well, and would be accepted by the Romans when they conquered the Greeks, and on occasion wealthy households would order a depiction of their progenitors to be placed inside their huge familial tombs. It is amiss to state that the arts had one function during the course of The Classical Greek period, a duration of innovative achievement during which the use of sculpture and other art forms changed. It may possibly be the advanced quality of Greek sculpture that captivates our awareness today; it was on a leading-edge practice of the classic world whether it was made for religious reasons or artistic pleasure.