Bernini’s First Italian Water Fountains
Bernini’s First Italian Water Fountains Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a breath taking work of art found at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, this area is flooded with Roman locals and travelers alike who enjoy conversation and each other's company. Bernini would undoubtedly have been happy to know that people still flock to what has become one the city's trendiest areas, that around his amazing water fountain. The master's very first water fountain of his career was built at around 1630 at the behest of Pope Urbano VIII. People can now see the fountain as an illustration of a commanding ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean. The great 16th century flood of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the water fountain according to documents from the period. In 1665, France was graced by Bernini's one-and-only extended voyage outside of Italy.
The Impact of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens
The Impact of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens
Anglo-Saxons felt great adjustments to their day-to-day lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. The skill of the Normans exceeded the Anglo-Saxons' in architecture and farming at the time of the conquest. But nevertheless home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the rest of the population. Castles were more standard constructions and often built on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to practicing offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, mostly situated in the widest, most fertile hollows. Tranquil pursuits such as gardening were out of place in these destitute citadels. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is depicted in Berkeley Castle, which is most likely the most untouched illustration we have. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time. A massive terrace serves as a discouraging factor to invaders who would try to mine the walls of the building. On one of these terraces lies a stylish bowling green: it is coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is created into the shape of rough ramparts.
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The Barcaccia, Bernini's first water fountain, is a striking chef d'oeuvre built at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna.To this day, this area is flooded with Roman locals and travelers alike who enjoy conversation and each other's company....
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