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

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International Publication in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1998.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, June 9-Oct. 11, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
The rise and fall of water / Marilyn Symmes -- Fountains as refreshment / Marilyn Symmes with 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 Astley -- Fountains as spectacle at international expositions 1851-1915 / Kenneth Breisch -- 1925-1970 / Marilyn Symmes with 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 and 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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0847821005 (hardcover)
9780847821006 (hardcover)

Subject:

Fountains Exhibitions.
Fontaines Expositions.
Fountains
Ausstellung
Monumentalbrunnen
Wasserkunst
Springbrunnen
Brunnen
Fonteinen.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Symmes, Marilyn F.
Breisch, Kenneth A.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176359
Call No.: ID NA9400.F68; ID:98-B2596
Status: Available

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