Your Garden: The Perfect Place for a Wall Fountain
Your Garden: The Perfect Place for a Wall Fountain
The addition of a wall water feature or an outdoor garden fountain is a great way to adorn your yard or garden design. Modern-day artists and fountain builders alike use historical fountains and water features to shape their creations. As such, introducing one of these to your interior is a great way to connect it to the past. In addition to the wonderful characteristics of garden fountains, they also produce water and moisture which goes into the air, thereby, drawing in birds as well as other creatures and harmonizing the environment. For example, irksome flying insects are usually deterred by the birds attracted to the fountain or birdbath. The area necessary for a cascading or spouting fountain is considerable, so a wall fountain is the perfect size for a small yard. You can choose to install a stand-alone fountain with a flat back and an connected basin propped against a fence or wall in your backyard, or a wall-mounted type which is self-contained and suspended from a wall. Both a fountain mask placed on the existing wall as well as a basin located at the bottom to collect the water are necessary if you wish to include a fountain. The plumbing and masonry work necessary for this type of work requires training, so it is best to employ a skilled person rather than do it yourself.
Anglo Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest
Anglo Saxon Landscapes at the Time of the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was significantly changed by the appearance of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Architecture and gardening were abilities that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the general population. Monasteries and castles served separate functions, so while monasteries were enormous stone structures built in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the people focused on learning offensive and defensive practices. The calm method of gardening was unrealistic in these bleak bastions. Berkeley Castle is possibly the most unchanged model in existence at present of the early Anglo-Norman form of architecture. The keep is rumored to have been created during the time of William the Conqueror. A significant terrace serves as a deterrent to invaders who would attempt to mine the walls of the building.
One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an ancient yew hedge trimmed into the figure of crude battlements.
Bernini’s Very First Italian Fountains
Bernini’s Very First Italian Fountains The Barcaccia, a beautiful water fountain built at the base of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna, was Bernini's earliest fountain. This area is still filled with Roman locals and tourists who enjoy exchanging gossip or going over the day's news. The streets surrounding his fountain have come to be one of the city’s most fashionable meeting places, something which would certainly have pleased Bernini himself. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini launch his career with the construction of his very first fountain. A massive ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean is the fountain's central theme. According to 16th century texts, a great flood of the Tevere covered the entire area in water, an event which was memorialized by the magnificent fountain. In 1665, France was graced by Bernini's one-and-only prolonged trip outside of Italy.