Anglo-Saxon Landscapes During the Norman Conquest

Anglo-Saxon Landscapes During the Norman Conquest The advent of the Normans in the latter half of the 11th century significantly modified The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. Engineering and gardening were attributes that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But nevertheless home life, household architecture, and decoration were out of the question until the Normans taken over the general populace. Castles were more fundamental designs and often erected on blustery hills, where their tenants devoted both time and space to exercising offense and defense, while monasteries were large stone buildings, mostly located in the widest, most fruitful hollows. Relaxing activities such as gardening were out of place in these destitute citadels. The best example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent presently is Berkeley Castle. Anglo-Saxon Landscapes Norman Conquest 87149790995891847080.jpg

Anglo-Saxon Landscapes Norman Conquest 87149790995891847080.jpg

The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time period. As a technique of deterring attackers from tunneling underneath the walls, an immense terrace surrounds the building. A scenic bowling green, covered in grass and bordered by battlements clipped out of an ancient yew hedge, creates one of the terraces.

Animals and Outdoor Fountains

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Think about how your cat or dog may react to a water feature before you buy one. A pet dog or cat may think that a freestanding fountain is a large pool or a drinking pond. Think about installing a water fountain in your backyard since it is a feature that will affect your much loved pets favorably. Think about the best place to put your fountain if you do not want birds to use it as a bathing pond. If you want to deliberately entice birds, however, putting in a birdbath is a good solution. To prevent this, however, putting in a wall water fountain inside your home is a great alternative. These sorts of fountains are great for dental and medical practices, not to mention stately homes.

Ancient Outdoor Water Feature Designers

Ancient Outdoor Water Feature Designers Water fountain designers were multi-talented individuals from the 16th to the late 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and cultivated scholars all in one. Exemplifying the Renaissance artist as a innovative legend, Leonardo da Vinci performed as an innovator and scientific guru. He systematically registered his findings in his now much celebrated notebooks about his investigations into the forces of nature and the attributes and motion of water. Coupling imaginativeness with hydraulic and horticultural talent, early Italian water fountain developers changed private villa settings into innovative water exhibits full with symbolic implications and natural beauty. The splendors in Tivoli were provided by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was famed for his skill in archeology, engineering and garden design. Masterminding the extraordinary water marbles, water features and water jokes for the numerous properties near Florence, some other water feature builders were well versed in humanist themes as well as ancient technical texts.

Wall Fountains Hydro-statics for Dummies

Wall Fountains Hydro-statics for Dummies From its housing vessel to other materials it comes in contact with, liquid in equilibrium exerts force on every little thing it touches. These fall into two groups, hydrostatic load or outside force. The pressure applied by the liquid against a level wall is identical at each point where it makes contact with the wall. When an object is completely submerged in a liquid, vertical force is applied to the object at each and every point. Wall Fountains Hydro-statics Dummies 27411764326423.jpg

Wall Fountains Hydro-statics Dummies 27411764326423.jpg

This is also known as buoyancy or the Archimedes’ principle. Hydrostatic pressure is created by hydrostatic force, when the force exerts itself on a point of liquid. Examples of these containers can be found in the way a city disperses water, along with its fountains and artesian wells.

Attributes of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece

Attributes of Garden Sculpture in Archaic Greece Up until the Archaic Greeks provided the 1st freestanding statuary, a remarkable achievement, carvings had largely been done in walls and pillars as reliefs. Most of the freestanding statues were of youthful, winsome male or female (kore) Greeks and are called kouros figures. The kouroi, regarded by the Greeks to portray beauty, had one foot extended out of a rigid forward-facing pose and the male figurines were always nude, with a powerful, powerful physique. In 650 BC, life-sized versions of the kouroi began to be observed. The Archaic period was an incredible time of change for the Greeks as they expanded into new forms of government, produced fresh expressions of art, and gained information of the men and women and cultures outside of Greece. Attributes Garden Sculpture Archaic Greece 4573936538139739.jpg

Attributes Garden Sculpture Archaic Greece 4573936538139739.jpg

The Arcadian wars, the Spartan penetration of Samos, and other wars between city-states are examples of the sorts of conflicts that occurred commonly, which is consistent with other times of historical transformation.