A Smaller Garden Space? Don't Feel Left Out! You Can Still Have a Water Feature
A Smaller Garden Space? Don't Feel Left Out! You Can Still Have a Water Feature
The reflective properties of water means it can make small areas appear larger than they are. Increasing the reflective attributes of a fountain or water feature are possible by using dark materials. If your intention is to highlight your new feature at night, underwater lights in varied colors and shapes will do the trick. Eco-lights fueled by sunlight can be used during the day whereas you can use lights to enhance your garden at night. Relieving stress and anxiety with their calming sounds are some of the applications in nature medicine. Your outdoor vegetation is a fantastic place to blend in your water feature. Ponds, artificial rivers, or fountains are just some of the ways you can you can make it become the central feature on your property. Water features make great additions to both large gardens or small patios. The best way to improve the atmosphere, place it in a good place and use the right accompaniments.
Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece
Statues As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece Archaic Greeks were renowned for developing the first freestanding statuary; up till then, most carvings were made out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Kouros figures, statues of young, good-looking male or female (kore) Greeks, made up the bulk of the statues.
Thought of by Greeks to represent skin care, the kouroi were created into inflexible, forward facing poses with one foot outstretched, and the male statues were usually nude, well-developed, and fit. In around 650 BC, the varieties of the kouroi became life-sized. A significant time of improvement for the Greeks, the Archaic period introduced about new forms of state, expressions of art, and a higher appreciation of people and customs outside of Greece. However, the Greek civilization was not slowed down by these struggles.
The History of Landscape Fountains
The History of Landscape Fountains
Pope Nicholas V, himself a learned man, reigned the Roman Catholic Church from 1397 to 1455 during which time he commissioned many translations of old classical Greek documents into Latin. Beautifying Rome and making it the worthy capital of the Christian world was at the core of his objectives. Reconstruction of the Acqua Vergine, a desolate Roman aqueduct which had transported clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. The historical Roman custom of marking the arrival point of an aqueduct with an magnificent celebratory fountain, also known as a mostra, was restored by Nicholas V. At the behest of the Pope, architect Leon Battista Alberti undertook the construction of a wall fountain in the spot where we now find the Trevi Fountain. Adjustments and extensions, included in the restored aqueduct, eventually provided the Trevi Fountain and the well-known baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Navona with the necessary water supply.