Where did Fountains Come From?
Where did Fountains Come From? 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 complement your home.The central purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Water fountains were connected to a spring or aqueduct to supply drinkable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Used until the nineteenth century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their origin of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from gravity. Fountains were an excellent source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and memorialize the artist. Bronze or stone masks of animals and heroes were commonly seen on Roman fountains. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to mimic the gardens of paradise. Fountains played a significant role in the Gardens of Versailles, all part of French King Louis XIV’s desire to exert his power over nature. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were glorified with baroque style fountains constructed to mark the arrival points of Roman aqueducts.
The end of the 19th century saw the increase in usage of indoor plumbing to provide drinking water, so urban fountains were relegated to purely decorative elements.
The introduction of unique water effects and the recycling of water were 2 things made possible by replacing gravity with mechanical pumps.
Nowadays, fountains decorate public spaces and are used to honor individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.
Anglo Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest
Anglo Saxon Gardens During the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the arrival of the Normans in the later eleventh century. The talent of the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons' in architecture and agriculture at the time of the conquest. Still, home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the rest of the populace.
Castles were more basic designs and often erected on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, mostly positioned in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Relaxing pursuits such as gardening were out of place in these desolate citadels. Berkeley Castle is possibly the most intact model in existence nowadays of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture. The keep is reported to have been conceived during the time of William the Conqueror. A significant terrace serves as a discouraging factor to invaders who would try to mine the walls of the building. A picturesque bowling green, covered in grass and enclosed by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, makes one of the terraces.