Builders of the First Outside Garden Fountains

Builders of the First Outside Garden Fountains Fountain designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the later part of the 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was celebrated as an ingenious genius, inventor and scientific expert. With his immense fascination regarding the forces of nature, he investigated the characteristics and mobility of water and carefully documented his examinations in his now celebrated notebooks. Early Italian water fountain builders altered private villa settings into amazing water showcases full with symbolic meaning and natural charm by coupling creativity with hydraulic and gardening experience. The magnificence in Tivoli were created by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was celebrated for his capabilities in archeology, architecture and garden design. Builders First Outside Garden Fountains 509682414.jpg

Builders First Outside Garden Fountains 509682414.jpg

For the various lands in the vicinity of Florence, other water fountain designers were well versed in humanist subject areas and classical technical texts, masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water attributes and water antics.

The Results of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping

The Results of the Norman Conquest on Anglo Saxon Landscaping The Anglo-Saxon way of life was dramatically changed by the appearance of the Normans in the later eleventh century. Engineering and gardening were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But the Normans had to pacify the overall territory before they could focus on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Monasteries and castles served separate functions, so while monasteries were enormous stone structures constructed in only the most productive, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the people focused on learning offensive and defensive techniques. Results Norman Conquest Anglo Saxon Landscaping 490869851009782610.jpg

Results Norman Conquest Anglo Saxon Landscaping 490869851009782610.jpg

The bare fortresses did not provide for the calm avocation of horticulture. Berkeley Castle, maybe the most pristine style of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture, still exists now. The keep is said to date from the time of William the Conqueror. A massive terrace serves as a hindrance to invaders 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 old yew hedge trimmed into the form of crude battlements.