Anglo-Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest The arrival of the Normans in the later half of the eleventh century substantially altered The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But before centering on home-life or having the occasion to consider domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire population. Castles were more basic constructions and often erected on blustery hills, where their people devoted both time and space to practicing offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, regularly located in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Relaxing pastimes such as gardening were out of place in these desolate citadels. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is depicted in Berkeley Castle, which is perhaps the most untouched sample we have. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time. Anglo-Saxon Gardens Norman Conquest 50542921926415100.jpg

Anglo-Saxon Gardens Norman Conquest 50542921926415100.jpg

An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an obstacle to attackers attempting to dig under the castle walls. A scenic bowling green, covered in grass and enclosed by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, makes one of the terraces.

Ancient Greece: The Roots of Garden Statue Design

Ancient Greece: The Roots of Garden Statue Design In the past, the vast majority of sculptors were compensated by the temples to decorate the involved pillars and archways with renderings of the gods, however as the era came to a close it grew to be more common for sculptors to present ordinary people as well because many Greeks had begun to think of their institution as superstitious rather than sacred. Ancient Greece: Roots Garden Statue Design 96068443023074029.jpg

Ancient Greece: Roots Garden Statue Design 96068443023074029.jpg

Portraiture came to be widespread as well, and would be accepted by the Romans when they conquered the Greeks, and on occasion well-off households would order a depiction of their progenitors to be placed inside their huge familial burial tombs. Over the many years of The Greek Classical period, a time of artistic development, the use of sculpture and other art forms changed, so it is inaccurate to say that the arts delivered just one purpose. Greek sculpture was a modern part of antiquity, whether the reason was faith based fervor or visual satisfaction, and its modern excellence might be what endears it to us today.