The History of Garden Fountains

The History of Garden Fountains The translation of hundreds of classical Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. He undertook the beautification of Rome to turn it into the worthy capital of the Christian world. 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 repair at the behest of the Pope. A mostra, a monumental dedicatory fountain built by ancient Romans to mark the point of entry of an aqueduct, was a practice which was restored by Nicholas V. At the bidding of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti undertook the construction of a wall fountain in the place where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Modifications and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.

The Hellenic Republic: Cultural Statuary

The Hellenic Republic: Cultural Statuary Historically, the vast majority of sculptors were compensated by the temples to adorn the elaborate pillars and archways with renderings of the gods, however as the era came to a close it grew to be more common for sculptors to portray regular people as well because many Greeks had begun to think of their institution as superstitious rather than sacred. Sometimes, a interpretation of wealthy families' ancestors would be commissioned to be laid inside of huge familial tombs, and portraiture, which would be replicated by the Romans upon their conquest of Greek civilization, also became commonplace. Hellenic Republic: Cultural Statuary 460426763179274.jpg

Hellenic Republic: Cultural Statuary 460426763179274.jpg

The use of sculpture and other art forms differed over the years of The Greek Classical period, a time of artistic growth when the arts had more than one objective. It may possibly be the advanced quality of Greek sculpture that grabs our attention these days; it was on a leading-edge practice of the classic world regardless of whether it was established for religious reasons or aesthetic pleasure.