Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from?
Where did Landscape Fountains Originate from? A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to provide drinking water, as well as for decorative purposes.The main purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with drinking water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be higher and closer to a water supply, such as aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to take advantage of gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an optimal source of water, and also served to adorn living areas and memorialize the artist. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often utilized by Romans to decorate their fountains. To depict the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages added fountains to their designs. To show his dominance over nature, French King Louis XIV included fountains in the Garden of Versailles. To mark the entrance of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the construction of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts arrived in the city of Rome
Indoor plumbing became the main source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby limiting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity allowed fountains to bring recycled water into living spaces as well as create special water effects.
These days, fountains decorate public areas and are used to honor individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.
Characteristics of Garden Statues in Archaic Greece
Characteristics of Garden Statues in Archaic Greece Archaic Greeks were renowned for developing the first freestanding statuary; up until then, most carvings were formed out of walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are termed kouros figures. The kouroi, viewed by the Greeks to symbolize beauty, had one foot stretched out of a fixed forward-facing posture and the male statues were regularly nude, with a powerful, strong build. The kouroi became life-sized starting in 650 BC. The Archaic period was turbulent for the Greeks as they progressed into more polished forms of federal government and art, and gained more information about the peoples and civilizations outside of Greece. But in spite of the issues, the Greek civilization continued to progress, unabated.The Earliest Outdoor Water Features
The Earliest Outdoor Water Features Towns and villages relied on working water fountains to conduct water for cooking, washing, and cleaning from local sources like ponds, streams, or creeks. To make water flow through a fountain until the end of the 1800’s, and generate a jet of water, demanded the force of gravity and a water source such as a spring or reservoir, positioned higher than the fountain. The appeal and wonder of fountains make them ideal for historic monuments. The common fountains of today bear little likeness to the first water fountains. The 1st known water fountain was a rock basin created that was used as a receptacle for drinking water and ceremonial purposes.
Rock basins are believed to have been first used around the year 2000 BC. The spray of water emerging from small spouts was pressured by gravity, the sole power source builders had in those days. Drinking water was supplied by public fountains, long before fountains became decorative public statues, as beautiful as they are functional. Fountains with decorative Gods, mythological monsters, and animals began to show up in Rome in about 6 B.C., made from natural stone and bronze. A well-engineered collection of reservoirs and aqueducts kept Rome's public fountains supplied with fresh water.