The Genesis Of Fountains
The Genesis Of Fountains A fountain, an amazing piece of engineering, not only supplies drinking water as it pours into a basin, it can also launch water high into the air for a noteworthy effect.The primary purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to provide potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages.
Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be higher and closer to a water supply, including aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to take advantage of gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and celebrate the artist. Roman fountains often depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. To replicate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages added fountains to their designs. To demonstrate his prominence over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. 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 entered the city of Rome
Urban fountains made at the end of the nineteenth served only as decorative and celebratory adornments since indoor plumbing provided the essential drinking water. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity helped fountains to deliver recycled water into living spaces as well as create special water effects.
Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the uses of modern-day fountains.
Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece
Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece Up until the Archaic Greeks developed the first freestanding statuary, a noteworthy triumph, carvings had chiefly been accomplished in walls and pillars as reliefs.
Younger, ideal male or female (kore) Greeks were the subject matter of most of the statues, or kouros figures. Symbolizing beauty to the Greeks, the kouroi were designed to look rigid and commonly had foot forward; the males were healthy, powerful, and naked. The kouroi became life-sized beginning in 650 BC. The Archaic period was an amazing time of transformation for the Greeks as they extended into new forms of government, created fresh expressions of art, and attained knowledge of the people and cultures outside of Greece. Nonetheless, the Greek civilization was not slowed down by these fights.