Agrippa's Eye-popping, but Mostly Forgotten Water-Lifting Device
Agrippa's Eye-popping, but Mostly Forgotten Water-Lifting Device Although the device made by Agrippa for moving water attained the admiration of Andrea Bacci in 1588, it appeared to vanish not long after. It might have turned out to be dated when the Villa Medici was able to receive water from the Acqua Felice, the early modern aqueduct, in 1592.
Even though its triumph was short lived, Camillo Agrippa’s planning for lifting water was the wonder of its day, surpassing everything created in Italy since the days of classic Rome. Even though there were various other relevant water-driven concepts either projected or built during the latter part of the sixteenth century, such as scenographic water displays, giochi d’acqua or water caprices, and melodious water fountains, none was fed by water like Agrippa’s device.
A Chronicle of Outdoor Garden Fountains
A Chronicle of Outdoor Garden Fountains Himself a learned man, Pope Nicholas V led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of scores of ancient texts from their original Greek into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to turn it into the worthy capital of the Christian world. Starting in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought fresh drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent restoration at the behest of the Pope. The historical Roman tradition of marking the entry point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to construct a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains located in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the modified aqueduct he had reconstructed.
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