Ancient Outside Water Fountain Designers

Ancient Outside Water Fountain Designers Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated 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 genius, inventor and scientific virtuoso exemplified this Renaissance artist. With his immense curiosity about the forces of nature, he examined the characteristics and motion of water and systematically annotated his examinations in his now famed notebooks. Early Italian water feature builders converted private villa settings into inspiring water displays complete with symbolic meaning and natural beauty by combining imagination with hydraulic and gardening talent. The humanist Pirro Ligorio brought the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli and was distinguished for his skill in archeology, architecture and garden design. Well versed in humanistic themes and classical technical texts, other fountain creators were masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water features and water pranks for the numerous mansions near Florence.

Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Ancient Greece

Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Ancient Greece Archaic Greeks were known for creating the first freestanding statuary; up until then, most carvings were made out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Statues Staple Vintage Art Ancient Greece 30444029704624969768.jpg

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Most of these freestanding sculptures were what is known as kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. Thought of by Greeks to characterize splendour, the kouroi were formed into inflexible, forward facing positions with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were usually nude, well-developed, and fit. In about 650 BC, the variations of the kouroi became life-sized. Throughout the Archaic period, a great time of change, the Greeks were evolving new forms of government, expressions of art, and a deeper awareness of people and cultures outside Greece. Similar to many other periods of historical conflict, disagreements were common, and there were struggles between city-states like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos.

The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping

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The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping The introduction of the Normans in the later half of the eleventh century greatly modified The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But there was no time for home life, domestic design, and decoration until the Normans had overcome the whole region. Most often designed upon windy peaks, castles were fundamental structures that allowed their inhabitants to devote time and space to offensive and defensive programs, while monasteries were rambling stone buildings generally placed in only the most fecund, extensive valleys. Gardening, a quiet occupation, was impracticable in these fruitless fortifications. Berkeley Castle, maybe the most unspoiled model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists today. The keep is reported to have been conceived during the time of William the Conqueror. As a strategy of deterring attackers from tunneling underneath the walls, an immense terrace encompasses the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an ancient yew hedge trimmed into the figure of crude battlements.