We build fountains — those vibrant symbols of life and physical embodiments of beauty — to mark and celebrate our favoured places. This act is an honour to all, and like listening to music, it is understood on an intuitive level. We also build fountains to commemorate life. Water is the basis for, and the symbol of, life. Many fountains are articulated to recognise some person, institution, or idea. Those particular recognitions are fused with water’s deeper symbolism to convey everlastingness to the identities being celebrated.<\/p>\n
Fountain Safari <\/em><\/strong>places on the shelf a sharply focused, comprehensive, useful, entertaining, and hopefully lasting survey aimed to provide a panoramic portrait of the fountain class of artistic endeavour. The material attends especially to the aesthetics of water expression by examining numerous esteemed examples. In the process, a sketch is roughed out of the evolution of fountains over some two millennia and across several cultures. Ultimately, the work attempts to deepen the understanding and appreciation of water features by identifying and clarifying their most essential aesthetic qualities.<\/p>\n Fountain Safari<\/em><\/strong> is written for design professionals, architects, landscape architects, urban designers, planners, students of the arts or the built environment—and everyone else interested in the engaging, one-of-a-kind subject of fountains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A comprehensive, entertaining survey of fountains, sketching out their evolution over two millennia and across several cultures. Of interest to design professionals, landscape architects, urban designers, and students of the built environment.
Fountain Safari
\nFountain Story
\nHadrian’s Villa
\nViterbo
\nThe Villa Lante
\nThe Villa d’Este
\nPiazza Pantheon
\nPiazza Navona
\nTaorimina
\nBarcaccia
\nSaint Peter’s Square
\nTrevi Fountain
\nCaserta Palace
\nVilla Gamberaia
\nQuerini Stampalia Foundation
\nOlivetti Showroom
\nThe Alhambra and the Generalife
\nThe Royal Palace of La Granja
\nPark Guell
\nThe Barcelona Pavilion
\nThe Mercury Fountain
\nDubrovnic
\nMadiera
\nSchloss Hellbrunn
\nSchloss Linderhoff
\nPeterhof Palace
\nPrague Castle
\nTivoli Gardens
\nNeptunbrunnen
\nFontaine des Innocents
\nPlace des Vogues
\nLuxembourg Gardens
\nVaux le Vicomte
\nVersailles
\nAix-En-Provence
\nParc des Buttes Chaumont
\nStravinsky Fountain
\nShaftsbury Memorial Fountain
\nTrafalgar Square
\nRevolving Torsion
\nPrincess Diana Memorial Fountain
\nBethesda Fountain
\nSeagram Building
\nPaley Park
\nSunken Garden, Chase Plaza
\nMIT Chapel
\nLongwood Gardens Main Fountain Garden
\nNational Gallery of Art
\nCity Center
\nBuckingham Fountain
\nWater Tower Place
\nCrown Fountain
\nPolk Bros Fountain
\nVizcaya
\nSan Antonio Riverwalk
\nFountain Place
\nLovejoy Plaza
\nIra Keller Fountain
\nJamison Square
\nVaillencourt Fountain
\nLevi’s Plaza
\nHearst Castle
\nDisneyland
\nThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies
\nThe Getty Center
\nCasa Gilardi
\nFuente de los Amantes
\nCuandra San Cristobal
\nCamino Real
\nOman Falage
\nAgra Fort
\nShalimar Bagh
\nThe Taj Mahal
\nDubai Fountain
\nOtani Hombyo
\nRyoan-ji
\nKoinzan Saiho-ji
\nKatsura Palace
\nLuzhi
\nWest Lake
\nHumble Administrator’s Garden
\nBank of China
\nRain Oculus
\nAl Alamein Memorial
\nColes Fountain
\nNew South Wales Parliament Fountain
\nTidal Cascade
\nA Brief History of Fountains
\nThe Huxtable Assertion
\nFountain Collections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52069,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52068","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-james-garland","8":"publisher-oro-editions","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n