The Use of Landscape Fountains As Water Features
The Use of Landscape Fountains As Water Features A water feature is one which is a big element through which water flows. There is a wide array of such features going from something as simple as a hanging wall fountain or as complex as a courtyard tiered fountain. The versatility of this feature is useful since it can be placed inside or outdoors. Water features entail ponds and swimming pools as well. Living areas including big yards, yoga studios, comfortable verandas, apartment balconies, or office settings are great areas to add a water feature such as a garden wall fountain. In addition to helping you relax, both sight and sound are enticed by the comforting sounds of a water feature. With their visibly pleasing form you can also use them to enhance the decor in your home or other living space. The sound of water produces serenity, covers up unwelcome noises and also produces an entertaining water show.
Where did Large Outdoor Fountains Begin?
Where did Large Outdoor Fountains Begin? A water fountain is an architectural piece that pours water into a basin or jets it high into the air in order to supply drinking water, as well as for decorative purposes. Originally, fountains only served a practical purpose. People in cities, towns and villages received their drinking water, as well as water to bathe and wash, from aqueducts or springs nearby. Up until the 19th century, fountains had to be higher and closer to a water supply, including aqueducts and reservoirs, in order to benefit from gravity which fed the fountains. Fountains were an optimal source of water, and also served to decorate living areas and memorialize the designer. Animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks were often times used 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. King Louis XIV of France wanted to demonstrate his superiority over nature by including fountains in the Gardens of Versailles. Seventeen and 18 century Popes sought to extol their positions by including beautiful baroque-style fountains at the point where restored Roman aqueducts arrived into the city.
Urban fountains built at the end of the nineteenth served only as decorative and celebratory adornments since indoor plumbing provided the necessary drinking water. The introduction of special water effects and the recycling of water were 2 things made possible by swapping gravity with mechanical pumps.
Nowadays, fountains adorn public spaces and are used to honor individuals or events and fill recreational and entertainment needs.