The Influence of the Norman Invasion on Anglo Saxon Garden Design

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The arrival of the Normans in the later half of the 11th century substantially altered The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. The talent of the Normans exceeded the Anglo-Saxons' in design and agriculture at the time of the conquest. But before focusing on home-life or having the occasion to contemplate domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire society. Monasteries and castles served different functions, so while monasteries were massive stone structures constructed in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the residents focused on learning offensive and defensive tactics. The serene practice of gardening was not viable in these bleak bastions. Berkeley Castle is most likely the most complete model in existence at present of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture. The keep is reported to have been conceived during the time of William the Conqueror. A massive terrace serves as a discouraging factor to intruders 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 shape of crude battlements.

Aqueducts: The Solution to Rome's Water Challenges

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With the construction of the first raised aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, individuals who lived on the city’s hillsides no longer had to depend only on naturally-occurring spring water for their needs. If residents living at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to be dependent on the other existing technologies of the time, cisterns that collected rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that received the water from under ground. In the early sixteenth century, the city began to make use of the water that flowed beneath the earth through Acqua Vergine to supply water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at regular stretches along the aqueduct’s channel. During the some nine years he owned the property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi used these manholes to take water from the channel in containers, though they were originally built for the function of cleaning and servicing the aqueduct. The cistern he had constructed to obtain rainwater wasn’t adequate to meet his water needs. Through an orifice to the aqueduct that ran underneath his property, he was set to fulfill his water desires.

Find Serenity with Outdoor Fountains

Find Serenity with Outdoor Fountains Water gives peace to your garden environment. The noise in your neighborhood and surrounding area will be concealed with the tranquil sounds of a fountain. Consider this the spot where can you go to recreate yourself and become one with nature. Many treatments use water as a recuperation element, going to places such as the seaside and rivers for their remedies. If what you seek is a calming place where you can take your body and your mind to a faraway place, put in a pond or fountain in your garden.

The Original Outside Water Fountain Artists

The Original Outside Water Fountain Artists Fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often serving as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was renowned as an imaginative genius, inventor and scientific expert. Original Outside Water Fountain Artists 7231542651953.jpg

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The forces of nature led him to analyze the properties and motion of water, and due to his curiosity, he methodically documented his findings in his now celebrated notebooks. Brilliant water exhibits complete with symbolic significance and natural grace changed private villa settings when early Italian fountain designers fused creativity with hydraulic and landscaping expertise. The splendors in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was famed for his skill in archeology, engineering and garden design. Other fountain developers, masterminding the phenomenal water marbles, water features and water humor for the countless properties near Florence, were tried and tested in humanist subject areas and traditional scientific readings.