The Earliest Water Features
The Earliest Water Features
As originally developed, fountains were designed to be functional, guiding water from streams or aqueducts to the inhabitants of towns and settlements, where the water could be used for cooking food, cleaning, and drinking. To generate water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and generate a jet of water, required gravity and a water source such as a creek or lake, located higher than the fountain. Frequently used as memorials and commemorative edifices, water fountains have impressed men and women from all over the globe throughout the ages. If you saw the first fountains, you wouldn't recognize them as fountains. Basic stone basins created from local rock were the first fountains, used for spiritual functions and drinking water. Natural stone basins are theorized to have been 1st utilized around the year 2000 BC. The first fountains used in ancient civilizations relied on gravity to regulate the movement of water through the fountain. Drinking water was delivered by public fountains, long before fountains became ornate public statues, as striking as they are practical. Animals, Gods, and spectral figures dominated the very early ornate Roman fountains, starting to show up in about 6 B.C.. The remarkable aqueducts of Rome delivered water to the spectacular public fountains, many of which you can travel to today.
Wall Fountains: The Minoan Culture
Wall Fountains: The Minoan Culture On the Greek island of Crete, excavations have discovered conduits of multiple varieties. These supplied water and extracted it, including water from waste and deluges.
Stone and terracotta were the elements of choice for these conduits. Whenever clay was employed, it was normally for channels as well as conduits which came in rectangle-shaped or round forms. Amidst these were clay piping that were U shaped or a shortened, cone-like form which have just appeared in Minoan civilization. The water availability at Knossos Palace was handled with a system of terracotta pipes that was put under the floor, at depths ranging from a couple of centimeters to several meters. The terracotta pipes were also used for collecting and storing water. This required the clay piping to be capable of holding water without leaking. Underground Water Transportation: This hidden method for water distribution could have been chosen to supply water to specific individuals or events. Quality Water Transportation: The water pipes may also have been used to take water to water fountains that were different from the city’s regular technique.
Hundreds of ancient Greek records were translated into Latin under the authority of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455....
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Turn your garden into what you have always wanted – an oasis of serenity.The comforting feeling created by outdoor fountains is just one of the benefits of installing a water feature in your garden....
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Commonly working as architects, sculptors, designers, engineers and discerning scholars, all in one, fountain designers were multi-faceted individuals from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century....
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You can design a place to relax as well as add a touch of style to your porch or yard with a wall fountain since they are excellent adornments to fit into small space....
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