Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from?

Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from? 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.

From the beginning, outdoor fountains were soley meant to serve as functional elements. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to provide potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Up to the late nineteenth century, water fountains had to be near an aqueduct or reservoir and more elevated than the fountain so that gravity could make the water move down or shoot high into the air. Serving as an element of decoration and celebration, fountains also provided clean, fresh drinking water. The main components used by the Romans to create their fountains were bronze or stone masks, mostly illustrating animals or heroes. Muslims and Moorish garden designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller versions of the gardens of paradise. Landscape Fountains Originate from? 21214185206564793.jpg The fountains found in the Gardens of Versailles were intended to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. 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 arrived in the city of Rome

Since indoor plumbing became the standard of the day for clean, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely ornamental. Amazing water effects and recycled water were made possible by switching the force of gravity with mechanical pumps.

These days, fountains decorate public spaces and are used to recognize individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.

Attributes of Outdoor Sculpture in Archaic Greece

Attributes of Outdoor Sculpture in Archaic Greece The primitive Greeks built the 1st freestanding statuary, an impressive achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Kouros figures, statues of adolescent, good-looking male or female (kore) Greeks, made up the majority of the sculptures. Considered by Greeks to embody splendour, the kouroi were structured into stiff, forward facing positions with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were usually nude, well-built, and athletic. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. A huge age of modification for the Greeks, the Archaic period introduced about new forms of state, expressions of artwork, and a higher appreciation of people and customs outside of Greece. Comparable to many other periods of historical conflict, arguments were commonplace, and there were struggles between city-states like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos.