Inventors of the First Water Features

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Inventors of the First Water Features Water feature designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci illustrated the artist as a inspired master, creator and scientific virtuoso. He systematically documented his ideas in his now renowned notebooks, following his tremendous fascination in the forces of nature led him to investigate the attributes and movement of water. Brilliant water displays packed with symbolic significance and all-natural grace converted private villa settings when early Italian water fountain creators fused resourcefulness with hydraulic and landscaping skill. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, design and garden design, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, delivered the vision behind the splendors in Tivoli. Other water feature engineers, masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water functions and water antics for the various mansions in the vicinity of Florence, were tried and tested in humanistic subjects and classical scientific readings.

Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest

Anglo Saxon Gardens at the Time of the Norman Conquest The Anglo-Saxon way of life was considerably changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. The Normans were much better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. Anglo Saxon Gardens Time Norman Conquest 1683905668.jpg

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But the Normans had to pacify the overall territory before they could concentrate on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Castles were more fundamental constructions and often erected on blustery hills, where their people spent both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were major stone buildings, mostly situated in the widest, most fertile hollows. The calm method of gardening was unlikely in these dreary bastions. Berkeley Castle is possibly the most complete model in existence today of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture. It is said that the keep was created during William the Conqueror's time. A spacious terrace meant for strolling and as a way to stop attackers from mining under the walls runs about the building. On one of these parapets is a picturesque bowling green covered in grass and surrounded by an aged hedge of yew that has been shaped into coarse battlements.