Modern Garden Decor: Garden Fountains and their Beginnings
Modern Garden Decor: Garden Fountains and their Beginnings A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to supply drinking water, as well as for decorative purposes.Pure practicality was the original purpose of fountains.
Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Until the late 19th, century most water fountains functioned using the force of gravity to allow water to flow or jet into the air, therefore, they needed a source of water such as a reservoir or aqueduct located higher than the fountain. Artists thought of fountains as amazing additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to supply clean water and honor the designer responsible for building it. The main components used by the Romans to build their fountains were bronze or stone masks, mostly illustrating animals or heroes. To depict the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages added fountains to their designs. King Louis XIV of France wanted to demonstrate his dominion over nature by including fountains in the Gardens of Versailles. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were extolled with baroque style fountains built to mark the place of entry of Roman aqueducts.
Indoor plumbing became the main source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby limiting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. The creation of unique water effects and the recycling of water were two things made possible by replacing gravity with mechanical pumps.
These days, fountains decorate public areas and are used to honor individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.
The Hellenic Republic: Architectural Statues
The Hellenic Republic: Architectural Statues Historically, most sculptors were compensated by the temples to decorate the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods, however as the era came to a close it grew to be more common for sculptors to portray ordinary people as well simply because many Greeks had begun to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. In some cases, a depiction of affluent families' forefathers would be commissioned to be laid within huge familial burial tombs, and portraiture, which would be replicated by the Romans upon their conquering of Greek civilization, also became customary. The use of sculpture and other art forms varied over the many years of The Greek Classical period, a duration of artistic growth when the arts had more than one goal. Greek sculpture was a cutting-edge component of antiquity, whether the reason was faith based fervor or aesthetic satisfaction, and its contemporary excellence might be what endears it to us now.Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Challenges
Aqueducts: The Answer to Rome's Water Challenges Rome’s first elevated aqueduct, Aqua Anio Vetus, was built in 273 BC; before that, people residing at higher elevations had to depend on local streams for their water. Over this time period, there were only two other systems capable of providing water to higher areas, subterranean wells and cisterns, which accumulated rainwater. In the early sixteenth century, the city began to use the water that ran below ground through Acqua Vergine to supply water to Pincian Hill. The aqueduct’s channel was made accessible by pozzi, or manholes, that were installed along its length when it was 1st created.
The manholes made it easier to thoroughly clean the channel, but it was also possible to use buckets to pull water from the aqueduct, as we witnessed with Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi when he possessed the property from 1543 to 1552, the year he died. He didn’t get adequate water from the cistern that he had constructed on his property to collect rainwater. That is when he made the decision to create an access point to the aqueduct that ran underneath his residence.