Bernini’s First Italian Water Fountains
Bernini’s First Italian Water Fountains One can see Bernini's earliest masterpiece, the Barcaccia water fountain, at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. Roman residents and site seers who enjoy conversation as well as being the company of others still flood this spot. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most trendy gathering places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. The master's very first fountain of his professional life was built at around 1630 at the request of Pope Urbano VIII. A large boat slowly sinking into the Mediterranean is the fountain's central theme. According to 16th century texts, a great flood of the Tevere covered the entire area in water, an event which was memorialized by the magnificent fountain. In 1665 Bernini journeyed to France, in what was to be his sole lengthy absence from Italy.The Basics of Herbaceous Garden Plants
