Modern Garden Decoration: Garden Fountains and their Roots

Modern Garden Decoration: Garden Fountains and their Roots The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to enhance your home.

The primary purpose of a fountain was originally strictly practical. Cities, towns and villages made use of nearby aqueducts or springs to supply them with potable water as well as water where they could bathe or wash. Up to the late nineteenth century, water fountains had to be near an aqueduct or reservoir and more elevated than the fountain so that gravity could make the water flow down or shoot high into the air. Artists thought of fountains as amazing additions to a living space, however, the fountains also served to provide clean water and honor the artist responsible for creating it. Roman fountains usually depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. To illustrate the gardens of paradise, Muslim and Moorish garden planners of the Middle Ages introduced fountains to their designs. The fountains found in the Gardens of Versailles were meant to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. The Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries were extolled with baroque style fountains constructed to mark the place of entry of Roman aqueducts.

Since indoor plumbing became the norm of the day for fresh, drinking water, by the end of the 19th century urban fountains were no longer needed for this purpose and they became purely decorative. Fountains using mechanical pumps instead of gravity enabled fountains to provide recycled water into living spaces as well as create unique water effects.Modern Garden Decoration: Garden Fountains Roots 95505077311547.jpg

Contemporary fountains are used to adorn community spaces, honor individuals or events, and enrich recreational and entertainment events.

A Guide to Hydrostatics

A Guide to Hydrostatics From its housing vessel to other components it comes in contact with, liquid in equilibrium applies force on everything it touches. There exist two kinds of force, hydrostatic energies and external forces. When used against a level surface, the liquid exercises equal force against all points of that surface. Liquid in equilibrium will apply vertical pressure at every point of an object’s exterior when that subject is fully submerged in the liquid. We refer to this concept as Archimedes’ principle, which deals with the forces of buoyancy. Hydrostatic pressure is made by hydrostatic force, when the force exerts itself on a point of liquid. A city’s water supply system, fountains, and artesian wells are all illustrations of the application of these principles on containers.
The Many Good Reasons to Add a Wall Fountain The area outside your residence can be polished up by including a wall or a garden fountain to your landscaping or garden project.Many current designers and artisans have been influenced by historical fountains and water features.... read more


Taking Care Of Outdoor Wall Fountains A very important first step is to consider the proportions of the outdoor wall fountain with regards to the space you have available for it.In order to hold up its total weight, a solid wall is required.... read more


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Fountains And Their Use In Crete & Minoa Various sorts of conduits have been discovered through archaeological excavations on the island of Crete, the cradle of Minoan society.They were used for water supply as well as removal of storm water and wastewater.... read more


The Distribution of Outdoor Garden Fountain Engineering Knowledge in Europe Instrumental to the development of scientific technology were the published letters and illustrated books of the time. They were also the primary method of transferring useful hydraulic information and water fountain design ideas all through Europe.... read more


Modern Garden Decor: Fountains and their Beginnings The incredible architecture of a fountain allows it to provide clean water or shoot water high into air for dramatic effect and it can also serve as an excellent design feature to complement your home.... read more


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