The Multiple Types of Wall Water Fountains
The Multiple Types of Wall Water Fountains
You can find peace and silence when you add a wall fountain in your backyard or patio. Even a small space can contain a customized one. Both the stand alone and fitted types need to have a spout, a water basin, internal tubing, and a pump. There are any number of models to choose from most notably traditional, contemporary, classic, or Asian. With its basin laid on the ground, freestanding wall fountains, or floor fountains, are normally quite big in size.
It is possible to incorporate a wall-mounted water feature onto an already existing wall or built into a new wall. This type of fountain adds to a cohesive look making it seem as if it was part of the landscape rather than an added feature.
The Source of Modern Outdoor Garden Fountains
The Source of Modern Outdoor Garden Fountains
The translation of hundreds of classical Greek documents into Latin was commissioned by the scholarly Pope Nicholas V who led the Church in Rome from 1397 until 1455. It was important for him to embellish the city of Rome to make it worthy of being known as the capital of the Christian world. Restoration of the Acqua Vergine, a ruined Roman aqueduct which had carried clean drinking water into the city from eight miles away, began in 1453 at the bidding of the Pope. Building a mostra, a grandiose commemorative fountain built by ancient Romans to memorialize the arrival point of an aqueduct, was a tradition revived by Nicholas V. The present-day site of the Trevi Fountain was once occupied by a wall fountain commissioned by the Pope and constructed by the architect Leon Battista Alberti. The aqueduct he had refurbished included modifications and extensions which eventually enabled it to supply water to the Trevi Fountain as well as the famed baroque fountains in the Piazza del Popolo and the Piazza Navona.
Sculpture As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece
Sculpture As a Staple of Vintage Art in Historic Greece The initial freestanding statuary was designed by the Archaic Greeks, a distinguished achievement since until then the only carvings in existence were reliefs cut into walls and pillars. For the most part the statues, or kouros figures, were of young and desirable male or female (kore) Greeks. The kouroi were believed by the Greeks to typify beauty and were sculpted with one foot leading and an uncompromising rigidity to their forward-facing poses; the male statues were always strapping, sinewy, and naked. In around 650 BC, the varieties of the kouroi became life-sized. A massive time of modification for the Greeks, the Archaic period helped bring about more forms of state, expressions of artwork, and a greater comprehension of people and customs outside of Greece. Conflicts like The Arcadian wars, the Spartan invasion of Samos, and other wars among city-states are suggestive of the tumultuous nature of the time period, which was similar to other periods of historical disturbance. However, these conflicts did not significantly hinder the advancement of the Greek civilization.