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nymphaeumAncient Greek and Roman sanctuary consecrated to water nymphs. Nymphaea also served as reservoirs and assembly chambers for weddings. The name, originally denoting a natural grotto with springs, later referred to an artificial grotto or building filled with plants, sculpture, fountains, and paintings. Nymphaea existed at Corinth, Antioch, and Constantinople, and remains have been found in Rome, Asia Minor, Syria, and northern Africa. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The gardens, with a semi-circular water-theatre and nymphaeum are fed by an axial sequence of waterfalls, and are one of the best and most famous examples of early Italian Baroque landscape. He took inspiration from those models to sculpt many personified rivers, from the portico reliefs by the Marciana Library and in Piazza San Marco at Venice, where he worked side by si de with Girolamo Lombardo supervised by Jacopo Sansovino, to a nymphaeum for the team of architects that made a Roman villa for Julius Ill, to an Arno in his first commission for Cosimo, the Fountain offuno. A wealthy Roman almost always included a nymphaeum in his villa: a fountain and basins dedicated to the gods of water and springs (nymphs). |
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