Archaic Greek Artwork: Outdoor Statuary

Archaic Greek Artwork: Outdoor Statuary Up right up until the Archaic Greeks created the very first freestanding sculpture, a phenomenal achievement, carvings had chiefly been done in walls and pillars as reliefs. Youthful, ideal male or female (kore) Greeks were the subject matter of most of the statues, or kouros figures. The kouroi were believed by the Greeks to embody beauty and were sculpted with one foot leading and an uncompromising firmness to their forward-facing poses; the male statues were always strapping, brawny, and unclothed. Around 650 BC, life-sized models of the kouroi began to be observed. A huge era of modification for the Greeks, the Archaic period brought about more forms of government, expressions of artwork, and a higher comprehension of people and cultures outside of Greece. The Arcadian conflicts, the Spartan invasion of Samos, and other wars between city-states are examples of the types of conflicts that occurred commonly, which is consistent with other times of historical transformation.

From Where Did Water Features Emerge?

From Where Did Water Features Emerge? 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 old classic Greek texts 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. At the bidding of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a ruined aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. A mostra, a monumental commemorative fountain constructed by ancient Romans to mark the point of arrival of an aqueduct, was a custom which was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to put up a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The water which eventually supplied the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona flowed from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.

The Beautiful First Masterpieces by Bernini

The Beautiful First Masterpieces by Bernini Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art found at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. This area continues to be filled with Roman locals and tourists who like to exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. Beautiful First Masterpieces Bernini 203512643369451.jpg

Beautiful First Masterpieces Bernini 203512643369451.jpg

The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most fashionable meeting places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini start off his professional life with the construction of his first fountain. The fountain’s central motif is based on an enormous vessel slowly sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. Period writings dating back to the 16th century show that the fountain was built as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the great flooding of the Tevere. In 1665, France was graced by Bernini's only prolonged voyage outside of Italy.