Bernini’s Very First Italian Water Fountains
Bernini’s Very First Italian Water Fountains One can find Bernini's earliest masterpiece, the Barcaccia water fountain, at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, you will see Roman locals and vacation goers filling this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. Bernini would without a doubt have been happy to know that people still flock to what has become one the city's trendiest areas, that surrounding his amazing water fountain. The master's first water fountain of his career was built at around 1630 at the request of Pope Urbano VIII. The fountain’s central motif is based on an enormous boat slowly sinking into the Mediterranean. The great flooding of the Tevere that blanketed the whole region with water in the 16th was commemorated by this momentous fountain as recorded by reports dating back to this time. In 1665 Bernini journeyed to France, in what was to be his only extended absence from Italy.The Multiple Types of Wall Fountains
The Multiple Types of Wall Fountains
With its basin situated on the ground, freestanding wall fountains, or floor fountains, are normally quite big in size.
It is possible to incorporate a wall-mounted water feature onto an already existing wall or built into a new wall. A unified look can be achieved with this style of fountain because it seems to become part of the landscape rather than an added element.