The Dissemination of Water Fountain Design Knowledge

The Dissemination of Water Fountain Design Knowledge Contributing to the development of scientific technology were the published letters and illustrated publications of the time. They were also the main method of transferring practical hydraulic ideas and water fountain design suggestions throughout Europe. An internationally renowned innovator in hydraulics in the later part of the 1500's was a French water fountain designer, whose name has been lost to history. By creating landscapes and grottoes with built-in and ingenious water features, he started off his career in Italy by earning Royal commissions in Brussels, London and Germany. The text, “The Principles of Moving Forces,” authored near the end of his lifetime in France, turned out to be the fundamental writing on hydraulic mechanics and engineering. Dissemination Water Fountain Design Knowledge 16132306728396840555.jpg

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Updating key hydraulic advancements of classical antiquity, the book also highlights contemporary hydraulic technologies. Archimedes, the developer of the water screw, had his work highlighted and these integrated a mechanical means to move water. Two concealed containers heated by the sun's rays in a room next to the creative water fountain were presented in an illustration. The hot water expands and subsequently ascends and shuts the pipes thereby triggering the fountain. Pumps, water wheels, water attributes and backyard pond concepts are covered in the book.

Ancient Greece: The Origins of Outdoor Statue Design

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Sculptors adorned the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the gods until the period came to a close and most Greeks had begun to think of their theology as superstitious rather than sacred; at that time, it became more standard for sculptors be paid to portray everyday people as well. Often times, a depiction of affluent families' ancestors would be commissioned to be laid inside huge familial tombs, and portraiture, which would be duplicated by the Romans upon their conquering of Greek civilization, also became commonplace. A point of aesthetic progression, the use of sculpture and other art forms morphed throughout the Greek Classical period, so it is not entirely accurate to assume that the arts served only one function. Greek sculpture was a cutting-edge part of antiquity, whether the reason was faith based fervor or visual satisfaction, and its contemporary excellence might be what endears it to us now.