Bernini’s Very First Italian Fountains
Bernini’s Very First Italian Fountains Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a breath taking work of art found at the foot of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna.
To this day, you will see Roman residents and vacation goers filling this space to revel in chit chatter and being among other people. Today, the city streets surrounding Bernini's water fountain are a trendy place where people go to meet, something which the artist would have been pleased to learn. The master's first fountain of his career was built at around 1630 at the request of Pope Urbano VIII. Depicted in the fountain's design is a great ship gradually sinking into the Mediterranean Sea. Period writings dating back to the 16th century indicate that the fountain was built as a monument to those who lost their lives in the great flooding of the Tevere. In 1665 Bernini traveled to France, in what was to be his sole lengthy absence from Italy.
The Original Outdoor Public Fountains
The Original Outdoor Public Fountains Towns and communities depended on functional water fountains to channel water for cooking, washing, and cleaning up from local sources like lakes, channels, or springs. To produce water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and create a jet of water, mandated gravity and a water source such as a spring or lake, positioned higher than the fountain. The elegance and wonder of fountains make them perfect for historical monuments. When you enjoy a fountain today, that is not what the first water fountains looked like. Created for drinking water and ceremonial purposes, the initial fountains were very simple carved stone basins. The initial stone basins are suspected to be from around 2000 BC. The spray of water appearing from small spouts was pushed by gravity, the sole power source designers had in those days.
These original fountains were built to be functional, usually situated along reservoirs, creeks and rivers to supply drinking water. Animals, Gods, and religious figures dominated the very early decorative Roman fountains, starting to show up in about 6 B.C.. A well-designed collection of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public fountains supplied with fresh water.
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