Fountains
Subtitle: splash and spectacle : water and design from the Renaissance to the present
By: edited by Marilyn Symmes ; [contributors] Kenneth Breisch ... [et al.].
Contributors: Symmes, Marilyn F.; Breisch, Kenneth A.; Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publication in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Fountains -- Exhibitions
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, June 9-Oct. 11, 1998.