Inventors of the First Outside Garden Fountains

Inventors of the First Outside Garden Fountains Water fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci exemplified the creator as an inspired master, inventor and scientific specialist. He systematically noted his ideas in his currently famed notebooks, following his tremendous curiosity in the forces of nature led him to investigate the attributes and motion of water. Early Italian water feature engineers transformed private villa settings into ingenious water showcases full of symbolic meaning and natural beauty by coupling creativity with hydraulic and gardening expertise. The humanist Pirro Ligorio, celebrated for his virtuosity in archeology, architecture and garden design, provided the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli. Masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water attributes and water pranks for the numerous properties near Florence, other fountain engineers were well versed in humanist issues as well as time-honored scientific texts.

The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design

The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design The arrival of the Normans in the 2nd half of the 11th century irreparably improved The Anglo-Saxon lifestyle. The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But yet there was no time for home life, domesticated design, and decoration until the Normans had conquered the whole region. 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 large stone buildings, mostly positioned in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Gardening, a peaceful occupation, was unfeasible in these fruitless fortifications. The finest specimen of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent today is Berkeley Castle. Results Norman Invasion Anglo Saxon Garden Design 170210510905.jpg

Results Norman Invasion Anglo Saxon Garden Design 170210510905.jpg

The keep is thought to date from the time of William the Conqueror. A massive terrace serves as a hindrance to intruders who would attempt to mine the walls of the building. On 1 of these terraces lies a stylish bowling green: it is coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

Aspects of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece

Aspects of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece Archaic Greeks were well known for creating the first freestanding statuary; up till then, most carvings were made out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of these freestanding sculptures were what is known as kouros figures, statues of young, attractive male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi, viewed by the Greeks to represent beauty, had one foot extended out of a strict forward-facing posture and the male figurines were always undressed, with a strong, sturdy build. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. During the Archaic time, a great time of changes, the Greeks were developing new types of government, expressions of art, and a deeper comprehension of people and cultures outside Greece. But in spite of the disputes, the Greek civilization went on to advance, unabated.