The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens

The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Gardens Anglo-Saxons experienced incredible modifications to their daily lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. Architecture and horticulture were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. Influence Norman Invasion Anglo-Saxon Gardens 88567791081445807067.jpg

Influence Norman Invasion Anglo-Saxon Gardens 88567791081445807067.jpg

But home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the entire population. Castles were more standard constructions and often erected on blustery hills, where their tenants devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, regularly situated in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a quiet occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. The finest example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent presently is Berkeley Castle. The keep is thought to date from the time of William the Conqueror. As a method of deterring assailants from tunneling beneath the walls, an immense terrace surrounds the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an old yew hedge trimmed into the figure of crude battlements.

Did You Know How Mechanical Designs And Styles of Fountains Became Known?

Did You Know How Mechanical Designs And Styles of Fountains Became Known? Dissiminating pragmatic hydraulic information and water feature design ideas all through Europe was accomplished with the printed documents and illustrated books of the time. In the late 1500's, a French fountain architect (whose name has been lost) was the globally renowned hydraulics leader. His competence in making gardens and grottoes with integrated and imaginative water features began in Italy and with commissions in Brussels, London and Germany. The text, “The Principles of Moving Forces,” penned near the end of his life in France, turned out to be the definitive writing on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. Classical antiquity hydraulic breakthroughs were elaborated as well as updates to key classical antiquity hydraulic discoveries in the publication. The water screw, a mechanical method to move water, and developed by Archimedes, was highlighted in the book. Natural light warmed the water in two hidden containers adjoining to the beautiful water feature were displayed in an illustration. Know Mechanical Designs Styles Fountains Became Known? 698248331.jpg

Know Mechanical Designs Styles Fountains Became Known? 698248331.jpg

Activating the water fountain is heated water which expands and rises to seal up the conduits. The book furthermore covers garden ponds, water wheels, water feature creations.

Back Story of Fountains

Back Story of Fountains Hundreds of classic Greek texts were translated into Latin under the auspices of the scholarly Pope Nicholas V, who ruled the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455. Embellishing Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the heart of his ambitions. Starting in 1453, the ruined ancient Roman aqueduct known as the Aqua Vergine which had brought clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, underwent restoration at the behest of the Pope. The ancient Roman tradition of building an imposing commemorative fountain at the point where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the area formerly filled with a wall fountain crafted by Leon Battista Albert, an architect commissioned by the Pope. The water which eventually provided the Trevi Fountain as well as the acclaimed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona flowed from the modified aqueduct which he had renovated.