The Original Water Fountain Artists
The Original Water Fountain Artists Frequently working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars, all in one, fountain creators were multi-talented people from the 16th to the late 18th century. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was notable as a inventive genius, inventor and scientific master. He systematically recorded his observations in his now celebrated notebooks about his studies into the forces of nature and the attributes and movement of water.
Innovative water displays complete of symbolic significance and natural beauty changed private villa settings when early Italian water feature creators combined creativity with hydraulic and gardening skill. The humanist Pirro Ligorio brought the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli and was renowned for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden design. Masterminding the excellent water marbles, water features and water antics for the assorted mansions in the vicinity of Florence, some other fountain builders were well versed in humanistic issues as well as time-honored technical texts.
The Genesis Of Garden Fountains
The Genesis Of Garden Fountains
The incredible construction of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to enhance your home. Pure practicality was the original purpose of fountains. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to provide potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be higher and closer to a water supply, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to take advantage of gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to adorn living areas and celebrate the artist. Roman fountains often depicted images of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. To replicate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages introduced fountains to their designs. The fountains seen in the Gardens of Versailles were meant to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were extolled with baroque style fountains built to mark the place of entry of Roman aqueducts.
Urban fountains made at the end of the nineteenth served only as decorative and celebratory adornments since indoor plumbing provided the necessary drinking water. The introduction of special water effects and the recycling of water were two things made possible by replacing gravity with mechanical pumps.
Modern fountains are used to embellish public spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.