Monumental Fountains

Zacatecoluca es una ciudad particular. Entre otras cosas, es dueña de una fuente victoriana que recién fue salvada de la ruina. Unos creen que es una oda al dios Neptuno. Otros aseguran que un expresidente la trajo como un regalo de aniversario. Su historia, desconocida por muchos, trasciende mucho más. Esta es la historia de la fuente de la dignidad viroleña.

Complément à la revue Fontes (éditeur : ASPM www.fontesdart.org), ce document offre une approche comparative entre la démarche anglaise (le mécénat privé) et la démarche française où on attend du pouvoir un approvisionnement en eau. Sir Richard Wallace introduit en France la mentalité anglaise (les cariatides de la fontaine sont nommées "charités").  Faisant appel très largement à l'illustration, l'étude remet cette fontaine Wallace, emblématique de Paris aujourd'hui, dans un temps plus long  XIXe et XXe siècle.

Il saggio presenta per la prima volta l'utilizzo dei resti del Settizonio come fontana effimera negli apparati per l'ingresso di Carlo V a Roma (1536) e ripercorre la cultura antiquaria quattro-cinquecentesca sul monumento. Nel percorso trionfale si materializza per la prima volta il binomio Settizonio-fontana, delineando uno snodo fondamentale nel recupero della tipologia della fontana architettonica dall'Antico che tanta fortuna avrà nel corso dei secoli successivi.

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De Miranda Adriana

Anno di Edizione: 2018
Edizione: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Collane:
Studia Archaeologica, 224
Il volume affronta lo studio delle fonti antiche che hanno testimoniato l' uso e l' importanza delle fontane a sorpresa, piccole fontane da tavolo, o da collocarsi al centro di cortili, invenzioni di età ellenistica, capaci di suscitare meraviglia per l' ingegnosità di meccanismi nascosti che, tramite l' applicazione pratica di princìpi della fisica, permettono spettacolari giochi d' acqua. Attraverso l' analisi delle fonti, si è cercato di dimostrare quanto l' arte dell' ingegnere dell' antica Grecia, nell' impiegare il suo sapere tecnologico, abbia avuto un ruolo fondamentale nella evoluzione degli autòmata idraulici, dalla società ellenistica a quella rinascimentale, anche attraverso la mediazione dell' ingegneria araba, e sia stato imprescindibile per l' elaborazione di metodi e processi innovativi.

Adriana de Miranda architetto e storica dell' arte, si è laureata in architettura presso il Politecnico di Milano e specializzata in storia dell' arte medievale e moderna presso l' Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano. Ha conseguito un PhD in arte ed architettura islamica presso la School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) di Londra. La sua ricerca è incentrata sulla storia dell' architettura del Mediterraneo e del paesaggio e sulle tipologie idrauliche di antica tradizione. Per l' Erma di Bretschneider ha pubblicato Water Architecture in the lands of Syria: the Water-Wheels (2007) e L' hammam nell' Islam occidentale fra l' VIII e il XIV secolo (2010).

In the proposed contribution, a new analysis will be proposed of the two Roman phases of the Arsinoe fountain in Messene, an urban monumental water facility originally built at the end of the 4th century BC and transformed many times later in its life, using the same pieces several times and adding new ones. The first Roman transformation of the building during the second half of the 2nd century BC will be examined in its architectural features and set in the broader context of the so-called ʽRomanisationʼ of the province of Achaia, a process accomplished throughout the Roman world also through the acquisition and new elaboration or Roman architectural models in the newly acquired provinces. The evidence from the fountain Arsinoe will be connected with other similar cases in Greece and in the other provinces (Asia Minor, Sicily), looking for a model of architectural Romanisation of the provincial landscape. Lastly the second general refurbishment of the building, occurred in the second half of the 1st century BC, will be analysed underlining the place of Messene in the long story of refunctionalization of urban monumental fountains from mainly utilitarian buildings to places of display and propaganda, and its role in the transition from the fountain to the nymphaeum.

La història del Pla de Palau és el resultat de poders sobre la ciutat, ja que respon a les solucions dels estaments militars, públics i a la inversió immobiliària de la nova burgesia, però en aquest indret s'obrien camins envers una urbanització més cosmopolita, amb el referent immediat en els recents espais públics creats per les decisions preses pels capitans generals a l'inici del segle XIX, espais lligats al concepte de passeig enjardinat que presentaven els desapareguts Jardí del General i el passeig de l'Esplanada, on prenien protagonisme paisatgístic l'arbrat i els elements d'ornat: bancs, gerros, fonts amb sortidors i estàtues, dels que es conserva la Font d'Hèrcules.

This fountain which is located in the Dewa Veediya near the main entrance to the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, is referred as the Coffee Flower Fountain or the Fountain of Prince of Wales. It has been called the “Nuwara Wathura Mala” commonly. An inscription plaque to the front of the fountain itself, says that it has been erected by the coffee planters of Ceylon in 1875 in commemoration of the visit of the Prince of Wales. This paper discusses the presence of foreign artistic influence in the art of the fountain. The study's main aim is to discuss Greek motifs in the Coffee Planters' Fountain.

The fountain – houses were important structures in the Greek cities. This article proposes the typological study of the Apollonia's fountain, in order to understand if it had a particular shape, like the researchers often say, or has been influenced and similar to any other fountain. This objective was achieved through the chronological and comparative study of well known examples of Greek fountains, highlighting their altimetry and plan composition shape. The study, conclude that Apollonia´s fountain shows clear compositional similarities to a few of the 4 th-3 rd Century B.C. Greek fountains, and it was among the most sophisticated types in the evolution time.

H ύδρευση της Αθήνας δεν μπορούσε να καλυφθεί μόνο από τις φυσικές πηγές και τους ποταμούς, για αυτό από πολύ νωρίς επινοήθηκαν και κατασκευάστηκαν έργα που ωφέλησαν τους κατοίκους και κάλυψαν κατά μεγάλο βαθμό τις καθημερινές ανάγκες τους. Στο παρόν άρθρο θα έρθουμε ένα βήμα πιο κοντά στα τεχνικά έργα, στα πηγάδια και τις κρήνες, την σημασία τους στον κοινωνικό βίο και τη σύνδεσή τους με διάφορες τελετουργίες και εθιμοτυπικά. Η αρχαιολογική έρευνα έχει φέρει στο φως ένα εκτεταμένο δημόσιο υδροδοτικό σύστημα που απαρτιζόταν από Πηγάδια και Κρήνες.
Άρθρο δημοσιευμένο στο arma-blog.com

S.,Y. Raptopoulos, Report on the Damages caused by Earthquake to the Monuments of Ancient Corinth, 1905: Architectural Heritage and Public Servants in Early 20th Century Greece:
The proposal of a Greek Engineer , P. Dimitropoulos, in Early 20th C. Greece, to the Greek Archaeological Service, concerning two monuments of Ancient Corinth (Peirene fountain and the Temple of Apollo), in spite of the fact that it was written in a hurry, faces the conservation and architectural stability issues with a sharp eye and a clear view: Dimitropoulos’ file, including text and designs, also stands as the handy reference to the type of work (excavation, conservation, stabilization of these two monuments) carried out by the Greek Archaeological Service and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Des terrasses monumentales à faire pâlir l’Italie. Un château qui déploie ses ailes, de galeries en portiques. L’eau, la promenade au grand air, l’odeur du buis. Puis la pénombre des grottes, où les dieux et les héros scintillent : Neptune, Orphée, Andromède enchaînée. Un automate qui joue de l’orgue dans une niche de rocaille.
À quelques lieues de Paris, Henri IV avait fait bâtir pour son plaisir personnel un grand château en manière de villa, demeure somptueuse et néanmoins intime dont le grand jardin de pente occupait tout la hauteur d’un coteau fluvial. Le Château-Neuf de Saint-Germain-en-Laye était une demeure sans rivale, dont bien peu subsiste aujourd’hui : trois pavillons, une grotte sous la chapelle du roi, quelques peintures et de nombreux documents qui sont réunis et commentés dans ce livre.
À défaut d’inventaire, les auteurs proposent une lecture vivante et raisonnée de l’ancien château d’Henri IV : un lieu dont on ressaisit l’image et que l’on suit ici dans son histoire, des origines à la gloire, des fastes à l’effacement.

In the proposed contribution, it will be proposed a new analysis of the two Roman phases of the Arsinoe fountain in Messene, an urban monumental water facility originally built at the end of the 4th century BC and transformed many times later in its life, using the same pieces several times and adding new ones. The first Roman transformation of the building during the second half of the 2nd century BC will be examined in its architectural features and set in the broader context of the so called “romanization” of the province of Achaia, a process accomplished throughout the Roman world also through the acquisition and new elaboration or Roman architectural models in the newly acquired provinces. The evidence from the fountain Arsinoe will be connected with other similar cases in Greece and in the other provinces (Asia Minor, Sicily), looking for a model of architectural romanization of the provincial landscape. Lastly the second general refurbishment of the building, occurred in the second half of the 1st century AD, will be analysed underlining the place of Messene in the long story of refunctionalization of urban monumental fountains from mainly utilitarian buildings to places of display and propaganda, and its role in the transition from the fountain to the nymphaeum.