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Triton Fountain History and Construction

His patron Pope Urban VII granted Gian Lorenzo Bernini the commission for the execution of this famous water fountain in 1642. Bernini was the greatest sculptor of the Baroque period. His inspiration was to be a triumphant passage concerning Triton, from Ovid's Metamorphoses book. Placement would be outside the Piazza Barberini, which was the Urban's family palace.

This was to be Bernini's first water fountain design and would provide a practical as well as esthetic purpose. Following a spectacular salute to the completion of the restoration of Acqua Felice aqueduct, it would be used to provide the aqueduct water to the people. Bernini designed the Triton in 1643. It was to be his final major composition commissioned by Urban.

Fountain Design and Visual Specifics

Travertine was the natural rock material utilized by Bernini. The water fountain design includes a circular pool of water representing the ocean. The history behind the design is King Neptune has calmed the ocean before he summons Triton. Four highly detailed dolphin sculptures with open mouths rise from the ocean and tangle their tails upward. As a tribute to his patron, Bernini carved a pictogram of papal insignia and coat of arms is intertwined in the tails. Suspended on the dolphin tails is a giant oyster shell, which holds Triton.

Bernini designed the fountain with an oversized, muscular, wet-bearded Triton, the minor sea god of Greco-Roman legend, and is depicted as a merman with a great scaly tail. Triton is kneeling within the open oyster shell. He throws back his head to quench his thirst with the stream of water falling from a shell held to his lips.

The actual passage from metamorphoses has Triton blowing into the shell to sound a retreat to the waters of the flood. This passage is beautifully symbolized through the use of water, its power and force in this stunning water fountain. And thus, the flood recedes and the world returns.

The Water Fountain Configuration

Bernini used the course the water followed to express power and passion. The water takes several paths before ending its journey into the circular pool below. To accomplish this he designed the water take a number of courses prior to ending its journey into the spherical pool underneath. First the water bursts from a jet high above a shell tipped to quench the thirst of the sea god. The water overflows the shell and onto the body of Triton prior to splashing onto the enormous shell on which the god is positioned. The excess water percolates over the edges of the shell and downward into the pool below making this one of Bernini's most classic Roman fountain designs.

Triton Water Fountain Trivia

The Triton is the earliest metropolitan demonstration of an element that was commonly used in private gardens and villas. Previously, a civic Roman water feature was a public receptacle for water. The water fountain was used as a municipal mortuary where bodies of the unknown dead were left on exhibit. A town crier would ask the people to come and identify the bodies. This practice ceased by beginning of the 19th century. The jet of water issuing from the summit of the water fountain used to shoot considerably higher than it does today.

Elizabeth Jean is a frequent contributor to Garden-Fountains.com, the Internet's #1 resource for wall fountains, garden statuary and indoor fountains.

Mount Everest - Why Climb It?

 

Nearly everyone has heard of Mount Everest. You would of learnt about it at while at school, maybe read about it in history and geography books or seen the thousands of photographs of its beauty on the internet.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, it's summit is approximately 29,029ft or 8.848 meters above sea level. It can be found in the Himalayan range on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Although it is mostly known as Mount Everest it is also known as Sagarmatha, Qomolangma, and Chomolungma by the local people who live in its shadows.

Despite it being the highest mountain on the planet many inexperienced and well known climbers have made its long climb to the summit, sometimes more than once.

Sometimes people wonder why these climbers pay large sums of money and spend countless of hours in training just to be able to say they have climb Mount Everest. The fact that this is the highest mountain in the entire planet inspires these people to try their best at conquering this magnificent mountain, and throughout history many have made it to the top successfully.

Today, like those before you, a successful climb will make it in the history books, it will probably take you on to many other adventures all over the world. Those who have been unsuccessful in reaching the top of the world, will probably have another go in a year or two. To reach the summit of this height you will need strength, experience, determination and courage. Many have been injured or died while ascending or descending the slopes of Mount Everest. While there are many routes leading towards the summit, there are always inherent dangers that have led to these unsuccessful summit climbs such as lack of oxygen, carelessness, altitude sickness, weather, and even camp thefts.

No one can deny you the honour and prestige of being able to climb Mount Everest. But imagine standing on the top of the world twenty times! This year 2010, Apa Sherpa became a legend in his own right by becoming the only person in the world to reach the summit of Mount Everest for his twentieth time. It is an amazing achievement to reach the summit just the one time and to get back down alive but there are a small handful of climbers who have something special in there hearts to enable them to go that one step further.

If you are visiting any of the world's 7 wonders or conquering at least one of them is a personal dream of your own, the possibilities of being able to make that dream come true are endless. Being able to reach the summit Mount Everest successfully, and return home to tell your story will always be a feat that will never be forgotten by the world.

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For more information on Mount Everest please pay a visit to Mount Everest The British Story.

 

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As you climb and rise through thinning air
Your breaths become short staccato gulps
The pain of burning muscles ache
Each step you make takes you higher
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The crest is up above the clouds
Past eagle’s nest and edelweiss
A place unseen from those below
Beyond the scope of common eyes
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Not from ingots lifted to the summit
On the backs of ordinary men
The shine of this temple
Is you climbing…
And you climb

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