How Fountains can be Ideal for the Environment

Are you looking to adorn your residence? Well, you can add that special touch and increase the value of your home just by adding a solar run water fountain. You get all the advantages of an electrical fountain, as well as other monetary benefits and an overall betterment to your health. Even though there may be a significantly greater cost at the b

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Architectural Statuary in Early Greece

Most sculptors were paid by the temples to accentuate the intricate pillars and archways with renderings of the gods right up until the stage came to a close and many Greeks began to think of their religion as superstitious rather than sacred, when it became more typical for sculptors to portray ordinary people as well. Portraiture, which would be

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Sculpture As a Staple of Vintage Art in Ancient Greece

The Archaic Greeks manufactured the very 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 known as kouros figures. Thought of by Greeks to represent splendour, the kouroi we

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Outdoor Water Features Lost to History

Water fountains were originally practical in function, used to convey water from rivers or creeks to towns and villages, supplying the residents with clean water to drink, bathe, and cook with. To produce water flow through a fountain until the late 1800’s, and produce a jet of water, mandated the force of gravity and a water sourc

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The Gardens of Egypt and How They Changed Europe

The Egyptian gardens are the most historical gardens that we have specified accounts of. The images and inscriptions date way back into the centuries BC, and show that each Egyptian dwelling was made around a courtyard that boasted useful and decorative vegetation. Originally, a row of trees along the inner wall of the building shaded it and the en

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