Fountains : splash and spectacle : water and design from the Renaissance to the present/ Marilyn Symmes.
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TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1998Edition: 1st EdDescription: 208 p. ; 31 cmISBN: 0500237581 (hardcover); 9780500237588 (hardcover)Subject(s): FountainsDDC classification: 714 LOC classification: NA9400Online resources: Amazon.com Summary: Fountains: Splash and Spectacle celebrates the achievements in fountain design since the Renaissance, and explores the fountain's social significance and its underlying principles. Abundant illustrations of works of art, historical and modern photographs, and architectural drawings feature fountains as symbols of power, structures created for pleasure and entertainment, incredible technological displays made for international expositions, and fountains as urban oases in cities throughout the United States and Europe.
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Fountains: Splash and Spectacle celebrates the achievements in fountain design since the Renaissance, and explores the fountain's social significance and its underlying principles. Abundant illustrations of works of art, historical and modern photographs, and architectural drawings feature fountains as symbols of power, structures created for pleasure and entertainment, incredible technological displays made for international expositions, and fountains as urban oases in cities throughout the United States and Europe.
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