The Positive Benefits of Adding a garden fountain in Your Living Area

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You can improve your outdoor area by adding a wall fountain or an outdoor garden water feature to your property or gardening project. Many contemporary designers and artisans have been influenced by historical fountains and water features. As such, introducing one of these to your home design is a great way to connect it to the past. Among the many properties of these beautiful garden fountains is the water and moisture they discharge into the air which attracts birds and other wild life as well as helps to balance the ecosystem. For example, pesky flying insects are usually discouraged by the birds attracted to the fountain or birdbath.

Wall fountains are a good option if your yard is small because they do not need much space in comparison to a spouting or cascading fountain. Either a freestanding fountain with an even back and an attached basin set against a fence or a wall, or a wall-mounted kind which is self-contained and hangs on a wall, are some of the possibilities from which you can choose. Adding a fountain to an existing wall requires that you include a fountain mask as well as a basin at the bottom to collect the water. It is best not to attempt this job on your own as professional plumbers and masons are best suited to do this type of work.

Anglo-Saxon Grounds at the Time of the Norman Conquest

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The Anglo-Saxon way of life was significantly changed by the appearance of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Engineering and gardening were skills that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But yet there was no time for home life, domesticated design, and adornment until the Normans had overcome the whole region. Monasteries and castles served different functions, so while monasteries were massive stone structures assembled in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the residents focused on understanding offensive and defensive tactics. Gardening, a peaceful occupation, was unfeasible in these unproductive fortifications. Berkeley Castle, potentially the most unspoiled model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists now. The keep is thought to date from the time of William the Conqueror. As a technique of deterring assailants from tunneling within the walls, an immense terrace encircles the building. On one of these parapets is a picturesque bowling green covered in grass and bordered by an aged hedge of yew that has been shaped into coarse battlements.

The Origins Of Garden Fountains

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The dramatic or decorative effect of a fountain is just one of the purposes it fulfills, in addition to delivering drinking water and adding a decorative touch to your property.

Pure functionality was the original purpose of fountains. Inhabitants of urban areas, townships and small towns used them as a source of drinking water and a place to wash up, which meant that fountains needed to be connected to nearby aqueduct or spring. Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be more elevated and closer to a water supply, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to take advantage of gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and memorialize the designer. The main materials used by the Romans to build their fountains were bronze or stone masks, mostly illustrating animals or heroes. Throughout the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden planners incorporated fountains to create mini depictions of the gardens of paradise. To show his prominence over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. To mark the entryway of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the building of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts entered the city of Rome

The end of the nineteenth century saw the increase in usage of indoor plumbing to supply drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to purely decorative elements. The creation of unique water effects and the recycling of water were 2 things made possible by swapping gravity with mechanical pumps.

Contemporary fountains are used to adorn public spaces, honor individuals or events, and enhance recreational and entertainment events.

Architectural Sculpture in Early Greece

Architectural Sculpture in Early Greece Sculptors ornamented the lavish columns and archways with renderings of the greek gods until the time came to a close and more Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred; at that time, it became more common for sculptors be paid to portray ordinary people as well. Rich individuals would often times commission a rendition of their forefathers for their large family burial tombs; portraiture also became prevalent and would be appropriated by the Romans upon their acquisition of Greek society. The usage of sculpture and other art forms varied over the years of The Greek Classical period, a time of artistic progress when the arts had more than one goal. Greek sculpture was actually a modern component of antiquity, whether the cause was faith based fervor or visual fulfillment, and its contemporary quality might be what endears it to us today.