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Fountains, splash and spectacle : water and design from the Renaissance to the present, edited by Marilyn Symmes ; [contributors] Kenneth Breisch ... [and others]

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index

illustrations

index present

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edited by Marilyn Symmes ; [contributors] Kenneth Breisch ... [and others]

splash and spectacle : water and design from the Renaissance to the present

This "presentation of the historical, aesthetic, and cultural aspects of these structures that display water for people's use and enjoyment" features fountains found in major cities throughout the world, as well as those found in private gardens from Renaissance and Baroque Europe.--Jacket

The rise and fall of water / Marilyn Symmes -- Fountains as refreshment / Marilyn Symmes, Maria Ann Conelli -- The fall and rise of the waters of Rome / Katherine Wentworth Rinne -- Fountains as metaphor / Naomi Miller -- The Bethesda Fountain in New York City / Andrew Scott Dolkart -- Fountains as propaganda / Maria Ann Conelli and Marilyn Symmes -- Fountains as globes, symbols of the universe and democracy / Marilyn Symmes -- The fountains in Trafalgar Square, London / Stephen AstleyFountains as spectacle at international expositions: 1851-1915 / Kenneth Breisch ; 1925-1970 / Marilyn Symmes, Stephen Van Dyk -- Remembering the Fountain of the Planets at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 / Bart Barlow -- Fountains as commemoration / Marilyn Symmes -- Fountains as entertainment and pleasure / Maria Ann Conelli, Marilyn Symmes -- The fountains at Chatsworth / Stephen Astley -- Swaying, sprinkling and splashing: the fountains of Jean Tinguely / Paula Deitz -- Fountains as urban oases / Marc Treib