Bernini’s Early Italian Water Fountains
Bernini’s Early Italian Water Fountains The Barcaccia, a stunning fountain built at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna, was Bernini's earliest fountain. To this day, this area is filled with Roman locals and travelers alike who enjoy debate 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 most fashionable areas, that around his amazing fountain. In about 1630, the great artist built the very first water fountain of his career at the behest of Pope Ubano VIII. The fountain’s central theme is based on an enormous boat 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. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a long-lasting time period, in 1665 Bernini traveled to France.
The Multiple Types of Wall Water Fountains
The Multiple Types of Wall Water Fountains Putting a wall fountain in your yard or patio is ideal when you want to unwind. You can also make use of a small space by having one custom-built. Whether it is stand alone or fitted, you will require a spout, a water basin, internal piping, and a pump. There are many different varieties available on the market including traditional, contemporary, classical, or Asian. Freestanding wall fountains, commonly known as floor fountains, are relatively big and feature a basin on the ground.
A stand-alone water feature can either be integrated onto a wall already in existence or fitted into a wall under construction. The appearance of your landscape will seem more cohesive instead of disjointed when you install this kind of fountain.
Sculpture As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece
Sculpture As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece The Archaic Greeks manufactured the 1st freestanding statuary, an amazing achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Most of these freestanding sculptures were what is known as kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi, viewed as by the Greeks to represent beauty, had one foot extended out of a fixed forward-facing pose and the male statues were always unclothed, with a compelling, sturdy build. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. The Archaic period was an incredible time of change for the Greeks as they expanded into new forms of government, formed fresh expressions of art, and gained insights of the men and women and cultures outside of Greece.
But in spite of the issues, the Greek civilization went on to progress, unabated.
The Source of Modern Garden Water Fountains
The Source of Modern Garden Water Fountains Hundreds of ancient Greek documents were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. Embellishing Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the core of his objectives. 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 reconditioned starting in 1453. The ancient Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was commissioned by the Pope to build a wall fountain where we now find the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains located in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had rebuilt.