The Source of Modern Day Outdoor Fountains
The Source of Modern Day Outdoor Fountains Hundreds of classic Greek documents were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. It was important for him to beautify the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world. At the bidding of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was restored starting in 1453. Building a mostra, an imposing celebratory fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a tradition revived by Nicholas V. The present-day site of the Trevi Fountain was previously occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and constructed by the architect Leon Battista Alberti. 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 Dispersion of Fountain Design Technology
The Dispersion of Fountain Design Technology Dissiminating pragmatic hydraulic knowledge and water fountain design ideas all through Europe was accomplished with the printed papers and illustrated publications of the time.
An unnamed French water feature developer became an internationally celebrated hydraulic leader in the later part of the 1500's. With Royal commissions in Brussels, London and Germany, he started his career in Italy, developing expertise in garden design and grottoes with built-in and clever water features. The publication, “The Principles of Moving Forces,” penned near the end of his life in France, turned out to be the fundamental text on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. Describing the latest hydraulic technologies, the publication furthermore updated key hydraulic breakthroughs of classical antiquity. The water screw, a technical method to move water, and devised by Archimedes, was showcased in the book. A pair of undetectable containers heated by the sun's rays in an area adjacent to the ornamental water fountain were presented in an illustration. The heated liquid expands and subsequently ascends and closes the water pipes thereby activating the water fountain. Concepts for pumps, water wheels, water features and garden ponds are also covered in the book.
Having a pond in the vicinity of your outdoor water fountain is no longer necessary because they can now be situated on a wall near by.Nowadays, you can do away with digging, complicated installations and cleaning the pond....
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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, you will see Roman residents and vacation goers occupying this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people....
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Your mood is positively influenced by having water in your garden.The noise in your community can be masked by the soft sounds of a fountain.This is the perfect spot to relax and experience nature near you....
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