Where did Large Garden Fountains Begin?
Where did Large Garden Fountains Begin? The dramatic or ornamental effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, as well as delivering drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property.
Originally, fountains only served a functional purpose. Water fountains were linked to a spring or aqueduct to supply potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Used until the nineteenth century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their origin of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from the power of gravity. Acting as an element of adornment and celebration, fountains also generated clean, fresh drinking water. Roman fountains often depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to mimic the gardens of paradise. Fountains enjoyed a significant role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries manufactured baroque decorative fountains to exalt the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the location where the restored Roman aqueducts entered 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. Gravity was substituted by mechanical pumps in order to permit fountains to bring in clean water and allow for beautiful water displays.
Nowadays, fountains adorn public spaces and are used to recognize individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.
The Father Of Rome's Garden Fountain Design
The Father Of Rome's Garden Fountain Design There are numerous celebrated water features in Rome’s city center.
One of the most distinguished sculptors and artists of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini fashioned, created and built almost all of them. His expertise as a fountain developer and also as a city designer, are obvious all through the streets of Rome. Bernini's father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, mentored his young son, and they ultimately moved to Rome, in order to fully express their art, primarily in the form of public water fountains and water features. An diligent worker, the young Bernini received compliments and patronage of many popes and influential designers. At the start he was celebrated for his sculptural expertise. Working faultlessly with Roman marble, he made use of a base of expertise in the classic Greek architecture, most famously in the Vatican. Though many artists had an influence on his work, Michelangelo had the most profound effect.