The Many Construction Materials of Large Outdoor Fountains

Many Construction Materials Large Outdoor Fountains 61603374305.jpg The Many Construction Materials of Large Outdoor Fountains Garden fountains nowadays are typically made from metal, although you can find them in other materials too. Metals tend to produce clean lines and unique sculptural accents and can fit almost any design preference or budget. Your landscaping should complement the style of your house.

Today, a lot of people elect copper for their sculptural garden fountains. Copper is common for both inside and outside use and is widely found in tabletop and cascade fountains, among others. Copper is also adaptable enough that you can select a range of styles for your fountain, from contemporary to whimsical.

Also popular, brass fountains generally have a more old-fashioned appearance to them versus their copper counterpart. You will see a lot of brass fountains, as their intriguing artwork makes them popular even if they are on the more traditional side.

Arguably the most cutting-edge of all metals is stainless steel. A cutting-edge steel design will quickly raise the value of your garden as well as the feeling of serenity. Just like other water features, they come in an array of sizes.

For people who want the look of a metal fountain but desire a lighter weight and more affordable option, fiberglass is the answer. The cleaning of fiberglass water fountains is quite simple, so they have many merits that people appreciate.

The Main Characteristics of Ancient Greek Sculpture

Main Characteristics Ancient Greek Sculpture 128929247465169.jpg The Main Characteristics of Ancient Greek Sculpture The Archaic Greeks built the 1st freestanding statuary, an impressive achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Youthful, ideal male or female (kore) Greeks were the subject matter of most of the sculptures, or kouros figures. Representing beauty to the Greeks, the kouroi were designed to appear stiff and always had foot in front; the males were healthy, sturdy, and nude. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. During the Archaic period, a big time of changes, the Greeks were developing new forms of government, expressions of art, and a greater awareness of people and cultures outside Greece. Similar to other periods of historical conflict, arguments were common, and there were struggles between city-states like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos.

Contemporary Garden Decoration: Outdoor Fountains and their Beginnings

Contemporary Garden Decoration: Outdoor Fountains and their Beginnings The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complete your home.Contemporary Garden Decoration: Outdoor Fountains Beginnings 1329097770567190.jpg

From the beginning, outdoor fountains were simply meant to serve as functional elements. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with potable water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Used until the nineteenth century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their source of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from the power of gravity. Designers thought of fountains as wonderful additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to supply clean water and honor the designer responsible for creating it. Roman fountains usually depicted images of animals or heroes made of metal or stone masks. Muslims and Moorish landscaping designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller versions of the gardens of paradise. The fountains seen in the Gardens of Versailles were intended to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. The Romans of the 17th and 18th centuries created baroque decorative fountains to glorify the Popes who commissioned them as well as to mark the spot where the restored Roman aqueducts entered the city.

Urban fountains made at the end of the 19th century served only as decorative and celebratory adornments since indoor plumbing provided the essential drinking water. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity allowed fountains to deliver recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.

Embellishing city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the functions of modern-day fountains.

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