"Old School" Garden Fountain Designers
"Old School" Garden Fountain Designers Water fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was notable as a creative genius, inventor and scientific master. The forces of nature led him to examine the properties and motion of water, and due to his fascination, he carefully recorded his findings in his now celebrated notebooks. Early Italian fountain builders altered private villa configurations into inventive water showcases complete of emblematic meaning and natural elegance by coupling creativity with hydraulic and horticultural experience. The humanist Pirro Ligorio brought the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli and was distinguished for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden concepts. Masterminding the fascinating water marbles, water attributes and water jokes for the assorted mansions near Florence, some other water fountain engineers were well versed in humanistic themes as well as classical scientific texts.Where did Garden Water Fountains Originate from?
Where did Garden Water Fountains Originate from?
A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to provide drinkable water, as well as for decorative purposes. Originally, fountains only served a practical purpose. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Until the late 19th, century most water fountains operated using gravity to allow water to flow or jet into the air, therefore, they needed a source of water such as a reservoir or aqueduct located higher than the fountain. Designers thought of fountains as wonderful additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to supply clean water and celebrate the artist responsible for building it. Roman fountains often depicted images of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to mimic the gardens of paradise. The fountains seen in the Gardens of Versailles were supposed to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. Seventeen and 18 century Popes sought to extol their positions by adding beautiful baroque-style fountains at the point where restored Roman aqueducts arrived into the city.
Since indoor plumbing became the norm of the day for clean, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely ornamental. The creation of special water effects and the recycling of water were 2 things made possible by replacing gravity with mechanical pumps.
Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the functions of modern-day fountains.