Ancient Outdoor Water Feature Artists

Ancient Outdoor Water Feature Artists Water fountain designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one person. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci illustrated the creator as a creative intellect, creator and scientific expert. With his tremendous curiosity concerning the forces of nature, he researched the qualities and mobility of water and systematically annotated his findings in his now much celebrated notebooks. Early Italian water fountain designers converted private villa configurations into innovative water showcases full of emblematic meaning and natural beauty by combining imagination with hydraulic and gardening talent. Ancient Outdoor Water Feature Artists 87115930.jpg

The splendors in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was widely known for his capabilities in archeology, architecture and garden design. For the assorted properties near Florence, other water fountain designers were well versed in humanistic themes and ancient scientific texts, masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water features and water jokes.

The First Documented Garden Water Features of the Historical Past

The First Documented Garden Water Features of the Historical Past Water fountains were originally practical in function, used to convey water from canals or creeks to towns and villages, providing the inhabitants with clean water to drink, wash, and prepare food with. In the years before electricity, the spray of fountains was driven by gravity alone, often using an aqueduct or water resource located far away in the nearby hills. First Documented Garden Water Features Historical Past 097877831923172767.jpg

First Documented Garden Water Features Historical Past 097877831923172767.jpg

The beauty and wonder of fountains make them ideal for historic monuments. When you see a fountain nowadays, that is definitely not what the first water fountains looked like. Uncomplicated stone basins crafted from local material were the very first fountains, used for religious ceremonies and drinking water. Natural stone basins are believed to have been 1st utilized around 2,000 BC. The first civilizations that made use of fountains relied on gravity to push water through spigots. These original fountains were built to be functional, frequently situated along reservoirs, creeks and rivers to provide drinking water. The Romans began constructing elaborate fountains in 6 B.C., most of which were metallic or natural stone masks of animals and mythological representations. The Romans had an intricate system of aqueducts that provided the water for the many fountains that were located throughout the community.

The Root of Modern Wall Fountains

The Root of Modern Wall Fountains Hundreds of classic Greek documents were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. Root Modern Wall Fountains 0942012871.jpg

Root Modern Wall Fountains 0942012871.jpg

It was imperative for him to beautify the city of Rome to make it worthy of being called the capital of the Christian world. In 1453 the Pope commissioned the reconstruction of the Aqua Vergine, an historic Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away. Building a mostra, a grandiose commemorative fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a custom revived by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the area previously filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. The aqueduct he had reconditioned included modifications and extensions which eventually enabled it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.

Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxons experienced extraordinary changes to their day-to-day lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But before concentrating on home-life or having the occasion to consider domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire society. Monasteries and castles served different purposes, so while monasteries were large stone structures built in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the occupants focused on learning offensive and defensive strategies. Relaxing activities such as gardening were out of place in these destitute citadels. Berkeley Castle is most likely the most complete model in existence today of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture. The keep is said to date from the time of William the Conqueror. An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an obstacle to assailants wanting to excavate under the castle walls. On one of these parapets is a scenic bowling green covered in grass and surrounded by an aged hedge of yew that has been shaped into coarse battlements.