The Minoan Culture: Garden Fountains

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The Minoan Culture: Garden Fountains On the Greek island of Crete, digs have unearthed conduits of several kinds. These provided water and eliminated it, including water from waste and deluges. The chief materials employed were stone or clay. When made from clay, they were usually in the format of canals and spherical or rectangle-shaped piping. Amidst these were clay pipes that were U-shaped or a shorter, cone-like form which have exclusively appeared in Minoan civilization. Terracotta conduits were used to circulate water at Knossos Palace, running up to three meters directly below the floor surfaces. The pipes also had other applications including gathering water and channeling it to a central site for storage. To make this conceivable, the conduits had to be designed to handle: Below ground Water Transportation: This system’s undetectable nature may suggest that it was initially planned for some type of ritual or to circulate water to restricted groups. Quality Water Transportation: The pipelines could also have been made use of to take water to fountains which were different from the city’s normal technique.

The Source of Today's Outdoor Garden Fountains

The Source of Today's Outdoor Garden Fountains Hundreds of classic Greek records 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 core of his objectives. At the behest of the Pope, the Aqua Vergine, a damaged aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into Rome from eight miles away, was renovated starting in 1453. The ancient Roman custom of building an awe-inspiring commemorative fountain at the location where an aqueduct arrived, also known as a mostra, was revived by Nicholas V. The Trevi Fountain now occupies the space previously filled with a wall fountain built by Leon Battista Albert, an architect employed by the Pope. The aqueduct he had reconditioned included modifications and extensions which eventually allowed it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the renowned baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.

Anglo-Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxons encountered great adjustments to their day-to-day lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. However, there was no time for home life, domesticated architecture, and decoration until the Normans had conquered the whole region. Because of this, castles were cruder buildings than monasteries: Monasteries were usually important stone buildings set in the biggest and most fecund valleys, while castles were erected on windy crests where their inhabitants devoted time and space to tasks for offense and defense. The barren fortresses did not provide for the quiet avocation of gardening. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is exemplified in Berkeley Castle, which is perhaps the most unscathed sample we have. It is said that the keep was created during William the Conqueror's time. Anglo-Saxon Gardens Norman Conquest 22057484787811458484.jpg

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An enormous terrace encompasses the building, serving as an obstacle to assailants intending to dig under the castle walls. A scenic bowling green, enveloped in grass and enclosed by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, forms one of the terraces.

Attributes of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece

Attributes of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece The Archaic Greeks developed the first freestanding statuary, an impressive achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Most of the freestanding statues were of young, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are known as kouros figures. Representing beauty to the Greeks, the kouroi were made to appear stiff and always had foot forward; the males were vigorous, strong, and nude. The kouroi became life-sized starting in 650 BC. The Archaic period was an extraordinary time of change for the Greeks as they grew into new modes of government, created novel expressions of art, and gained information of the people and cultures outside of Greece. Conflicts like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos, and other wars between city-states are indicatory of the disruptive nature of the time period, which was similar to other periods of historical upset. However, these conflicts did not significantly hinder the advancement of the Greek civilization.