Anglo Saxon Grounds During the Norman Conquest

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The introduction of the Normans in the second half of the 11th century irreparably improved The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. 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 contemplate domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire society. Castles were more standard designs and often erected on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, regularly located in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Tranquil activities such as gardening were out of place in these desolate citadels. The purest example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent presently is Berkeley Castle. It is said that the keep was introduced during William the Conqueror's time. As a strategy of deterring attackers from tunneling underneath the walls, an immense terrace surrounds the building. A picturesque bowling green, covered in grass and surrounded by battlements cut out of an ancient yew hedge, makes one of the terraces.

The Major Characteristics of Classic Greek Statues

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Up right up until the Archaic Greeks introduced the very first freestanding statuary, a noteworthy triumph, carvings had primarily been completed in walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are called kouros figures. Representing beauty to the Greeks, the kouroi were designed to appear stiff and typically had foot in front; the males were healthy, powerful, and nude. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. The Archaic period was turbulent for the Greeks as they progressed into more polished forms of government and art, and gained more data about the peoples and societies outside of Greece. The Arcadian conflicts, the Spartan invasion of Samos, and other wars between city-states are examples of the sorts of conflicts that arose frequently, which is consistent with other times of historical change.