Rome, Gian Bernini, And Water Features

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Rome, Gian Bernini, And Water Features There are many famed Roman water fountains in its city center. One of the greatest sculptors and artists of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini planned, conceived and constructed almost all of them. His skills as a fountain developer and also as a city architect, are obvious all through the avenues of Rome. To completely exhibit their art, mainly in the form of community water fountains and water features, Bernini's father, a renowned Florentine sculptor, guided his young son, and they ultimately moved in the Roman Capitol. An excellent worker, the young Bernini acquired compliments and the backing of many popes and influential artists. Initially he was well known for his sculpting skills. An expert in ancient Greek architecture, he utilized this knowledge as a starting point and melded it flawlessly with Roman marble, most remarkably in the Vatican. Though he was influenced by many, Michelangelo had the most serious impact on him, both personally and professionally.

"Old School" Water Feature Manufacturers

"Old School" Water Feature Manufacturers Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the late 18th century, fountain designers were multi-talented people, Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was renowned as an inventive genius, inventor and scientific expert. He methodically registered his examinations in his now famed notebooks about his research into the forces of nature and the attributes and movement of water. Early Italian water fountain designers changed private villa configurations into inspiring water displays complete with symbolic meaning and natural elegance by coupling creativity with hydraulic and horticultural talent. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, architecture and garden design, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, delivered the vision behind the magnificence in Tivoli. Well versed in humanist topics and classic technical texts, some other fountain creators were masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water features and water antics for the various mansions around Florence.