Setting up an outdoor wall fountain requires that you take into account the dimensions of the space where you are going to install it. In order to hold up its total weight, a solid wall is necessary. Note that small areas or walls will require a lightweight fountain. In order to operate the fountain, an electric powered socket will need to be close
The Beginnings of Contemporary Wall Fountains
Himself a highly educated man, Pope Nicholas V headed 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. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the heart of his ambitions. Beginning in 1453, the ruined anc
Inventors of the First Water Fountains
Multi-talented individuals, fountain artists from the 16th to the late 18th century often functioned as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci as a imaginative genius, inventor and scientific virtuoso exemplified this Renaissance master. He methodically noted his ideas in his currently
The Dissemination of Fountain Design Knowledge
Dissiminating useful hydraulic knowledge and water feature design ideas throughout Europe was accomplished with the written papers and illustrated books of the time. An internationally recognized innovator in hydraulics in the late 1500's was a French fountain engineer, whose name has been lost to history. His competence in designing gardens and gr
Water Fountain Builders Through History
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-faceted individuals, Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was renowned as a inspired intellect, inventor and scientific virtuoso. The forces of nature inspired him to examine t