Creators of the First Outside Garden Fountains

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Creators of the First Outside Garden Fountains Often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, fountain designers were multi-faceted people, Leonardo da Vinci as a innovative master, inventor and scientific expert exemplified this Renaissance artist. With his tremendous curiosity concerning the forces of nature, he explored the attributes and motion of water and systematically annotated his examinations in his now famed notebooks. Ingenious water exhibits loaded of symbolic significance and natural wonder changed private villa settings when early Italian fountain designers fused resourcefulness with hydraulic and gardening skill. The splendors in Tivoli were created by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was renowned for his capabilities in archeology, engineering and garden design. Masterminding the fascinating water marbles, water attributes and water jokes for the assorted mansions near Florence, some other water fountain builders were well versed in humanist issues as well as time-honored technical texts.

The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Garden Design

The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Garden Design The Anglo-Saxon way of life was significantly changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Architecture and gardening were skills that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But the Normans had to pacify the entire territory before they could focus on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Because of this, castles were cruder structures than monasteries: Monasteries were often immense stone buildings set in the biggest and most fecund valleys, while castles were erected on windy crests where their citizens dedicated time and space to projects for offense and defense. The tranquil practice of gardening was unrealistic in these dismal bastions. The finest specimen of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent in modern times is Berkeley Castle. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time period. Outcome Norman Conquest Anglo Saxon Garden Design 832100288325.jpg

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A large terrace intended for exercising and as a way to stop attackers from mining below the walls runs about the building. A picturesque bowling green, enveloped in grass and enclosed by battlements cut out of an ancient yew hedge, makes one of the terraces.

The First Outdoor Public Fountains

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The First Outdoor Public Fountains As originally developed, water fountains were designed to be functional, directing water from streams or reservoirs to the citizens of cities and villages, where the water could be used for cooking food, washing, and drinking. A source of water higher in elevation than the fountain was required to pressurize the flow and send water spraying from the fountain's nozzle, a system without equal until the later part of the 19th century. Striking and spectacular, big water fountains have been designed as memorials in nearly all societies. The common fountains of today bear little likeness to the first water fountains. A natural stone basin, crafted from rock, was the 1st fountain, utilized for holding water for drinking and ceremonial purposes. The initial stone basins are suspected to be from about 2000 BC. The force of gravity was the power source that controlled the earliest water fountains. Drinking water was supplied by public fountains, long before fountains became ornate public statues, as beautiful as they are practical. The Romans began creating decorative fountains in 6 B.C., most of which were metallic or stone masks of wildlife and mythological characters. A well-designed system of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public fountains supplied with fresh water.