The Source of Modern Outdoor Garden Fountains

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Himself a highly educated man, Pope Nicholas V led the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 till 1455 and was responsible for the translation of scores of ancient documents from their original Greek into Latin. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. Starting in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent repair at the bidding of the Pope. The historical Roman tradition of marking the entry point of an aqueduct with an imposing celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The architect Leon Battista Alberti was directed by the Pope to put up a wall fountain where we now see the Trevi Fountain. The Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains found in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona were eventually supplied with water from the altered aqueduct he had reconstructed.

Bernini's Garden Fountains

Bernini's Garden Fountains There are lots of celebrated Roman water features in its city center. One of the greatest sculptors and designers of the 17th century, Gian Lorenzo Bernini designed, created and constructed nearly all of them. Traces of his life's work are apparent all through the avenues of Rome because, in addition to his abilities as a water feature creator, he was also a city architect. Bernini's father, a celebrated Florentine sculptor, mentored his young son, and they ultimately transferred in Rome, to thoroughly express their art in the form of community water fountains and water fountains. Bernini's Garden Fountains 669769117609065.jpg

The young Bernini was an exemplary worker and earned praise and backing of important painters as well as popes. He was originally recognized for his sculpture. Working gracefully with Roman marble, he made use of a base of expertise in the classic Greek architecture, most especially in the Vatican. Although many artists impacted his artistic endeavors, Michelangelo affected him the most.

Builders of the First Garden Fountains

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Builders of the First Garden Fountains Multi-talented individuals, fountain designers from the 16th to the late 18th century frequently served as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one. Throughout the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci illustrated the artist as an creative genius, creator and scientific virtuoso. The forces of nature led him to explore the properties and motion of water, and due to his fascination, he systematically recorded his observations in his now famed notebooks. Combining imagination with hydraulic and landscaping mastery, early Italian fountain developers changed private villa settings into brilliant water displays complete with symbolic implications and natural charm. The magnificence in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was renowned for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden design. Masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water features and water pranks for the numerous properties near Florence, other water feature engineers were well versed in humanist themes as well as time-honored scientific texts.