Where did Landscape Fountains Begin?
Where did Landscape Fountains Begin? The incredible construction 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. Originally, fountains only served a functional purpose. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to provide drinkable 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, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to take advantage of gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were not only utilized as a water source for drinking water, but also to decorate homes and celebrate the artist who created it. Roman fountains often depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. Muslims and Moorish garden designers of the Middle Ages included fountains to re-create smaller models of the gardens of paradise. Fountains played a considerable role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. 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 arrived in the city of Rome
Since indoor plumbing became the norm of the day for clean, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely decorative. Amazing water effects and recycled water were made possible by switching the force of gravity with mechanical pumps.
Decorating city parks, honoring people or events and entertaining, are some of the uses of modern-day fountains.
The Early Civilization: Outdoor Fountains
The Early Civilization: Outdoor Fountains On the Greek island of Crete, digs have discovered channels of multiple sorts. They were used for water supply as well as removal of storm water and wastewater. Many were prepared from terracotta or rock. There were terracotta pipelines, both circular and rectangular as well as waterways made from the same materials.
Amidst these were terracotta pipes which were U shaped or a shorter, cone-like shape which have exclusively showed up in Minoan culture. The water availability at Knossos Palace was maintained with a strategy of clay piping which was located below the floor, at depths starting from a couple of centimeters to many meters. The water pipes also had other applications such as collecting water and diverting it to a primary location for storage. Therefore, these piping had to be able to: Below ground Water Transportation: This system’s invisible nature may suggest that it was initially planned for some type of ritual or to allocate water to limited groups. Quality Water Transportation: There is also information that concludes the pipelines being made use of to provide for fountains separately from the local system.