The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Gardens

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The Results of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Gardens The Anglo-Saxon way of life was significantly changed by the introduction of the Normans in the later eleventh century. At the time of the conquest, the Normans surpassed the Anglo-Saxons in building design and cultivation. But nevertheless home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the entire populace. Most often constructed upon windy peaks, castles were basic structures that allowed their occupants to spend time and space to offensive and defensive schemes, while monasteries were rambling stone buildings generally placed in only the most fecund, broad valleys. Gardening, a peaceful occupation, was unfeasible in these unproductive fortifications. Berkeley Castle is perhaps the most complete model in existence today of the early Anglo-Norman form of architecture. It is said that the keep was introduced during William the Conqueror's time. A monumental terrace serves as a hindrance to intruders who would try to mine the walls of the building. One of these terraces, a charming bowling green, is covered grass and flanked by an aged yew hedge cut into the form of crude battlements.

"Old School" Water Feature Creative Designers

"Old School" Water Feature Creative Designers Often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one, from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, fountain designers were multi-talented people, Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was celebrated as an ingenious intellect, inventor and scientific virtuoso. He systematically noted his experiences in his currently celebrated notebooks, following his enormous curiosity in the forces of nature guided him to explore the characteristics and mobility of water.

Modifying private villa settings into amazing water exhibits packed of symbolic significance and natural beauty, early Italian water feature creators paired resourcefulness with hydraulic and horticultural expertise. Known for his incredible skill in archeology, design and garden design, Pirro Ligorio, the humanist, offered the vision behind the wonders in Tivoli. Other water fountain designers, masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water features and water jokes for the many domains near Florence, were tried and tested in humanistic themes and traditional scientific readings.