Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
Note |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, June 9-Oct. 11, 1998. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index. |
Contents |
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, |
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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 Mariln Symmes -- The fountains at Chatsworth / Stephen Astley -- Swaying, sprinkling and splashing : the |
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fountains of Jean Tinguely / Paula Deitz -- Fountains as urban oases / Marc Treib. |
Subject |
Fountains -- Exhibitions.
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Added Author |
Symmes, Marilyn F.
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Breisch, Kenneth A.
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
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ISBN |
0847821005 hardcover |
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