The Effect of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping

The Effect of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping Anglo-Saxons experienced great changes to their daily lives in the latter half of the eleventh century due to the accession of the Normans. The Normans were better than the Anglo-Saxons at architecture and horticulture when they came into power. But before concentrating on home-life or having the occasion to contemplate domestic architecture or decoration, the Normans had to subjugate an entire population. Monasteries and castles served different functions, so while monasteries were enormous stone structures assembled in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the occupants focused on learning offensive and defensive strategies. Gardening, a placid occupation, was impracticable in these unproductive fortifications. The early Anglo-Norman style of architecture is exemplified in Berkeley Castle, which is conceivably the most unscathed example we have. Effect Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon Landscaping 97474066828380427.jpg

Effect Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon Landscaping 97474066828380427.jpg

The keep is reported to have been conceived during the time of William the Conqueror. A large terrace meant for walking and as a way to stop enemies from mining under the walls runs around the building. On 1 of these terraces sits a quaint bowling green: it is coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.

Do Pets Appreciate Water Fountains?

Do Pets Appreciate Water Fountains? If you are considering getting a water feature, ensure that your pets like it. Pets Appreciate Water Fountains? 08807145279.jpg

Pets Appreciate Water Fountains? 08807145279.jpg

Your stand-alone fountain may be taken for a big pool or a drinking pond by your pooch. Adding a water element to your yard is a great idea, one which is certain to benefit your pets. You may need to think about where you will place the fountain as birds may take it as a bathing pond. If you want to deliberately entice birds, however, putting in a birdbath is a good solution. Setting up a wall water fountain inside your house is a good alternative if you want to avoid such troubles. Exclusive homes, in addition to dentist’ and doctors’ offices, often have such fountains on display.

A Guide to Hydrostatics

A Guide to Hydrostatics From its housing vessel to other materials it comes in contact with, liquid in equilibrium exerts force on everything it touches. Guide Hydrostatics 08765898.jpg

The force employed falls into one of two categories: external force or hydrostatic energy. The force applied by the liquid against a level wall is equal at every point where it makes contact with the wall. Liquid in equilibrium will implement vertical pressure at every point of an object’s exterior when that object is fully submersed in the liquid. We refer to this concept as Archimedes’ principle, which deals with the forces of buoyancy. Liquid acted on by hydrostatic force is then subject to hydrostatic pressure at the point of contact. A city’s water supply system, fountains, and artesian wells are all illustrations of the application of these concepts on containers.

Did You Know How Technical Designs And Styles of Fountains Became Known?

Did You Know How Technical Designs And Styles of Fountains Became Known? Dissiminating useful hydraulic knowledge and fountain design ideas throughout Europe was accomplished with the printed documents and illustrated books of the time. A globally celebrated leader in hydraulics in the later part of the 1500's was a French fountain designer, whose name has been lost to history. Know Technical Designs Styles Fountains Became Known? 0505790637973547.jpg

Know Technical Designs Styles Fountains Became Known? 0505790637973547.jpg

With Royal mandates in Brussels, London and Germany, he began his career in Italy, building expertise in garden design and grottoes with integrated and ingenious water hydraulics. In France, towards the closure of his life, he published “The Principle of Moving Forces”, a book that turned into the essential text on hydraulic technology and engineering. Explaining modern hydraulic technologies, the publication also modernized critical hydraulic breakthroughs of classical antiquity. The water screw, a technical means to move water, and invented by Archimedes, was showcased in the book. An beautiful spring with sunlight warming the water in two vessels hidden in an nearby room was displayed in one illustration. What occurs is the hot liquid expanded, rises and locks up the conduits heading to the water fountain, thereby leading to activation. Models for pumps, water wheels, water features and garden ponds are also covered in the publication.

Characteristics of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece

Characteristics of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece The Archaic Greeks developed the first freestanding statuary, an amazing achievement as most sculptures up until then had been reliefs cut into walls and pillars. Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are termed kouros figures. The kouroi were considered by the Greeks to embody beauty and were sculpted with one foot leading and an uncompromising firmness to their forward-facing poses; the male statues were always strapping, sinewy, and naked. Life-sized versions of the kouroi appeared beginning in 650 BC. Throughout the Archaic time, a big time of changes, the Greeks were developing new sorts of government, expressions of art, and a better comprehension of people and cultures outside Greece. But in spite of the disputes, the Greek civilization continued to advance, unabated.