The Effect of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Garden Design

The Effect of the Norman Invasion on Anglo-Saxon Garden Design Effect Norman Invasion Anglo-Saxon Garden Design 34255356.jpg

The Anglo-Saxon way of life was drastically changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Architecture and horticulture were abilities that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the entire populace. Monasteries and castles served separate purposes, so while monasteries were enormous stone structures assembled in only the most productive, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the residents focused on learning offensive and defensive strategies. The barren fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of farming. Berkeley Castle, maybe the most uncorrupted model of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists today. The keep is thought to date from the time of William the Conqueror. A massive terrace serves as a discouraging factor to intruders who would attempt to mine the walls of the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an old yew hedge trimmed into the form of crude battlements.

Architectural Statuary in Early Greece

Architectural Statuary in Early Greece Though the majority of sculptors were remunerated by the temples to embellish the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods of old, as the time period came to a close, it became more prevalent for sculptors to depict average people as well mainly because plenty of Greeks had started to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred. Portraiture came to be prevalent as well, and would be welcomed by the Romans when they conquered the Greeks, and quite often affluent families would commission a depiction of their progenitors to be placed inside their huge familial burial tombs. Architectural Statuary Early Greece 16335496057770203506.jpg

Architectural Statuary Early Greece 16335496057770203506.jpg

A time of artistic enhancement, the use of sculpture and other art forms morphed throughout the Greek Classical period, so it is not entirely accurate to assume that the arts provided only one function. Greek sculpture is perhaps fascinating to us all today seeing that it was an avant-garde experiment in the historic world, so it does not matter whether its original function was religious zeal or artistic enjoyment.