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Fountains

Kenneth A. Breisch

1998208 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Rizzoli International Publication in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution · 208 pages · ENGISBN 9780847821006

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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