At What Point Did Water Fountains Emerge?

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At What Point Did Water Fountains Emerge? Himself a highly educated man, Pope Nicholas V headed the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of hundreds of age-old texts from their original Greek into Latin. He undertook the embellishment of Rome to make it into the model capital of the Christian world. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a ruined aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was reconditioned starting in 1453. The historical Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an imposing celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The present-day site of the Trevi Fountain was previously occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and built by the architect Leon Battista Alberti. The aqueduct he had refurbished included modifications and extensions which eventually enabled it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.

A Concise History of the First Garden Fountains

A Concise History of the First Garden Fountains The water from springs and other sources was originally delivered to the citizens of nearby communities and cities through water fountains, whose design was primarily practical, not aesthetic. A supply of water higher in elevation than the fountain was necessary to pressurize the movement and send water squirting from the fountain's spout, a technology without equal until the later half of the 19th century. Concise History First Garden Fountains 3112048911426832.jpg

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Inspiring and impressive, large water fountains have been constructed as monuments in nearly all cultures. The common fountains of modern times bear little likeness to the first water fountains. Crafted for drinking water and ceremonial reasons, the first fountains were very simple carved stone basins. Natural stone basins are thought to have been first used around 2,000 BC. Gravity was the power source that controlled the earliest water fountains. Positioned near aqueducts or springs, the functional public water fountains supplied the local citizens with fresh drinking water. Wildlife, Gods, and spectral figures dominated the initial ornate Roman fountains, beginning to appear in about 6 B.C.. A well-designed collection of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public fountains supplied with fresh water.

Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Ancient Greece

Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Ancient Greece Up until the Archaic Greeks developed the 1st freestanding sculpture, a remarkable triumph, carvings had chiefly been accomplished in walls and pillars as reliefs. For the most part the statues, or kouros figures, were of adolescent and nice-looking male or female (kore) Greeks. Statues Staple Vintage Art Ancient Greece 584717769.jpg

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Regarded as by Greeks to characterize beauty, the kouroi were structured into rigid, forward facing poses with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were always nude, brawny, and fit. Around 650 BC, life-size variations of the kouroi began to be observed. The Archaic period was an incredible time of change for the Greeks as they expanded into new forms of government, produced novel expressions of art, and gained information of the people and cultures outside of Greece. Throughout this time and other times of historic tumultuousness, clashes often took place, including wars fought between city-states such as the Arcadian wars and the Spartan infiltration of Samos.