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Aqua in Palatio. Water in 16th century European palaces. The Iberian Peninsula as a case of study
| Resumo: | There was a crucial transformation in the use of water in 16th-century palaces. Grottoes, mythological fountains, scherzi, and automata changed the way water was employed by introducing new concepts of leisure, erudition, representation, or magnificence. To meet the new high demands of water, major hydraulic engineering projects were carried out. Initially, technology implemented to collect and transport water was indebted to that developed during the late Middle Ages, but in the 1580s, the first hydraulic pumps were devised, breaking with the tradition of gravity-driven aqueducts. This dissertation aims to conduct a cross-sectional and comparative analysis of the hydraulic systems of ninety-four 16th-century European palaces to understand the historic-architectonical evolution of their supply systems, as well as the progressive implementation of new uses of water. Several questions will be answered: How did the hydraulic systems of 16th-century palaces work? Was there mobility of water engineers and artists? Or when, where, and why did leisure objects such as grottoes or hydraulic organs appear? A more profound study of the Iberian Peninsula will be conducted by analysing the water systems of four specific palaces: The Alcázar of Seville, the National Palace of Sintra, the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa and the Royal Monastery of El Escorial. With this, it is intended to understand the role that the Iberian Peninsula played in the development of hydraulics and usages of water in 16th-century Europe, bearing especially in mind the Arab legacy of the region. The applied methodology has been based on collecting bibliographic and archival information, fieldwork, and designing maps and databases with GIS software. |
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| Autores principais: | Gumiel Campos, Pablo |
| Assunto: | Water Architecture Aqueducts Waterworks Hydraulics Renaissance 16th Century Palace Residence El Escorial Palaces Pipelines Channels Fountains Grottoes Court Royalty Nobility Seville Vila Viçosa Sintra |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | There was a crucial transformation in the use of water in 16th-century palaces. Grottoes, mythological fountains, scherzi, and automata changed the way water was employed by introducing new concepts of leisure, erudition, representation, or magnificence. To meet the new high demands of water, major hydraulic engineering projects were carried out. Initially, technology implemented to collect and transport water was indebted to that developed during the late Middle Ages, but in the 1580s, the first hydraulic pumps were devised, breaking with the tradition of gravity-driven aqueducts. This dissertation aims to conduct a cross-sectional and comparative analysis of the hydraulic systems of ninety-four 16th-century European palaces to understand the historic-architectonical evolution of their supply systems, as well as the progressive implementation of new uses of water. Several questions will be answered: How did the hydraulic systems of 16th-century palaces work? Was there mobility of water engineers and artists? Or when, where, and why did leisure objects such as grottoes or hydraulic organs appear? A more profound study of the Iberian Peninsula will be conducted by analysing the water systems of four specific palaces: The Alcázar of Seville, the National Palace of Sintra, the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa and the Royal Monastery of El Escorial. With this, it is intended to understand the role that the Iberian Peninsula played in the development of hydraulics and usages of water in 16th-century Europe, bearing especially in mind the Arab legacy of the region. The applied methodology has been based on collecting bibliographic and archival information, fieldwork, and designing maps and databases with GIS software. |
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