What Are Fountains Made From?
What Are Fountains Made From? While today’s garden fountains are made in a number of materials, the majority are made from metal. Metals tend to create clean lines and unique sculptural accents and can fit almost any design theme or budget.
It is very important that your landscape reflects the style of your home. One of the most trendy metals for sculptural garden fountains these days is copper. Copper is used in cascade and tabletop water fountains as well as various other styles, making it perfect for inside and outside fountains. Copper is also flexible enough that you can pick a range of styles for your fountain, from contemporary to whimsical.
Also common, brass fountains typically have a more old-fashioned style to them versus their copper counterpart. You will see a lot of brass fountains, as their interesting artwork makes them trendy even if they are on the more traditional side.
Most people today see stainless steel as the most modern alternative. For an immediate increase in the value and serenity of your garden, get one of the contemporary steel designs. As with all fountains, you can get any size you need.
Because it is both lighter and cheaper than metal but has a similar look, fiberglass is quite common for fountains. It is easy to clean and maintain a fiberglass water fountain, yet another reason they are common.
The Root of Modern Wall Fountains
The Root of Modern Wall Fountains
The translation of hundreds of classic Greek texts into Latin was commissioned by the learned Pope Nicholas V who ruled the Church in Rome from 1397 till 1455. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope instigated the repairing of the Aqua Vergine, an ancient Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away. The ancient Roman tradition of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the area formerly filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. The aqueduct he had refurbished included modifications and extensions which eventually allowed it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.