The Countless Construction Materials of Landscape Fountains
The Countless Construction Materials of Landscape Fountains Most modern-day garden fountains come in metal, although many other types exist. Metals tend to create clean lines and unique sculptural accents and can fit almost any design theme or budget. It is essential that your landscape design reflects the style of your home. Today, a lot of people favor copper for their sculptural garden fountains. Copper fountains are the ideal option because they are perfect for the inside and outside. Copper is also adaptable enough that you can select a range of styles for your fountain, from contemporary to whimsical.
If your style is more old-fashioned, a brass water fountain might be ideal for you. Although it is not the most stylish, the creatures and sculptural features you find on fountains are commonly made of brass, thus making them very popular.
Of all the metals, stainless steel is seen as the most modern -looking. For an immediate increase in the value and peacefulness of your garden, get one of the contemporary steel designs. Like all water fountains, you can buy them in just about any size you want.
Fiberglass fountains are well liked because they look similar to metal but are more affordable and much less cumbersome to move around. Caring for a fiberglass water fountain is fairly easy, another benefit that consumers like.
Bernini's First Showpieces
Bernini's First Showpieces Bernini's earliest water fountain, named Barcaccia, is a masterful work of art seen at the bottom of the Trinita dei Monti in Piaza di Spagna. To this day, this spot is flooded with Roman locals and tourists alike who enjoy conversation and each other's company. One of the city’s most fashionable meeting spots are the streets surrounding Bernini's fountain, which would certainly have brought a smile to the great Bernini. In around 1630, Pope Urbano VIII helped Bernini start off his career with the construction of his first water fountain. A large ship slowly sinking into the Mediterranean is the fountain's central theme. The great 16th century flooding of the Tevere, which left the entire region inundated with water, was memorialized by the fountain according to documents from the period. Absenting himself from Italy only once in his life for a long-lasting time period, in 1665 Bernini voyaged to France.
Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece
Characteristics of Garden Statuary in Archaic Greece The initial freestanding statuary was improved by the Archaic Greeks, a recognized success since until then the sole carvings in existence were reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are known as kouros figures. The kouroi were believed by the Greeks to represent beauty and were sculpted with one foot leading and an uncompromising stiffness to their forward-facing poses; the male statues were always strapping, sinewy, and undressing. Around 650 BC, life-sized forms of the kouroi began to be observed. Throughout the Archaic time, a big time of change, the Greeks were developing new forms of government, expressions of art, and a larger understanding of people and cultures outside Greece. Throughout this time and other times of historic tumult, clashes often occurred, among them wars fought between city-states such as the Arcadian wars and the Spartan invasion of Samos.
