"Primitive" Greek Artistry: Garden Statuary

The primitive Greeks manufactured the 1st freestanding statuary, an awesome achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. For the most part the statues, or kouros figures, were of adolescent and attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi, considered by the Greeks to represent beauty, had one foot extended out of a rigid forward-facing pose and the male figurines were always nude, with a powerful, strong build. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. The Archaic period was an incredible point of transformation for the Greeks as they expanded into new modes of government, created fresh expressions of art, and achieved insights of the people and cultures outside of Greece. Nonetheless, the Greek civilization was not slowed down by these fights.

"Old School" Water Feature Manufacturers

"Old School" Water Feature Manufacturers Fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artisans, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. Exemplifying the Renaissance artist as a creative master, Leonardo da Vinci toiled as an innovator and scientific guru. The forces of nature inspired him to investigate the qualities and motion of water, and due to his fascination, he methodically captured his experiences in his now celebrated notebooks. Converting private villa settings into imaginative water exhibits packed of symbolic meaning and natural beauty, early Italian fountain creators fused resourcefulness with hydraulic and gardening ability. The magnificence in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was renowned for his skill in archeology, engineering and garden design. Masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water features and water jokes for the numerous properties in the vicinity of Florence, some other fountain builders were well versed in humanist subjects and ancient scientific texts.

Fountains: The Minoan Culture

Fountains: The Minoan Culture Fountains and Water and the Minoan Civilization They not only helped with the water supplies, they removed rainwater and wastewater as well. The main materials used were stone or clay. Fountains: Minoan Culture 0460431921195617043.jpg

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There were clay conduits, both round and rectangular as well as canals made from the same elements. Among these were clay conduits which were U shaped or a shorter, cone-like shape which have only appeared in Minoan civilization. Knossos Palace had an sophisticated plumbing system made of terracotta piping which ran up to three meters under ground. Along with disbursing water, the clay water pipes of the Minoans were also utilized to gather water and store it. To make this possible, the pipelines had to be created to handle: Below ground Water Transportation: This system’s invisible nature might suggest that it was actually manufactured for some sort of ritual or to circulate water to restricted communities. Quality Water Transportation: Many scholars feel that these pipes were chosen to develop a different distribution technique for the residence.

The Garden Water Fountains

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Towns and villages relied on functional water fountains to conduct water for cooking, washing, and cleaning up from local sources like ponds, channels, or springs. In the years before electrical power, the spray of fountains was driven by gravity only, often using an aqueduct or water supply located far away in the surrounding hills. Typically used as monuments and commemorative structures, water fountains have influenced travelers from all over the globe throughout the ages. Simple in design, the 1st water fountains did not look much like present fountains. A natural stone basin, carved from rock, was the 1st fountain, used for containing water for drinking and ceremonial functions. Stone basins are believed to have been 1st made use of around 2000 BC. The spray of water emerging from small jets was pushed by gravity, the lone power source creators had in those days. Drinking water was delivered by public fountains, long before fountains became decorative public statues, as attractive as they are functional. Fountains with embellished Gods, mythological monsters, and animals began to show up in Rome in about 6 BC, crafted from natural stone and bronze. Water for the communal fountains of Rome arrived to the city via a complicated system of water aqueducts.