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This fully illustrated book shows how fountains and water features have developed in Europe from antiquity to the present day and how the appreciation of water in the garden has changed. Water has played a central role since the very first gardens were created, and has been managed and directed in a surprising range of formal and naturalistic styles. Water features have been used in symbolic or mythological schemes, for private contemplation, for entertainment and for large-scale displays of power and wealth. Rosalind Hopwood traces the history of fountains, providing descriptions of the some of the key examples across Europe, such as Moorish water gardens in Spain, Renaissance pleasure fountains, impressive schemes at Chatsworth and Vaux le Vicomte and the wide range of modern examples. Today's water features commonly make use of hydraulics with computers and light effects, creating ever more novel and theatrical water features, particularly in public gardens. This is an important new history on this central gardening theme, illustrated throughout with colour photography and archive illustrations.

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A deep well of historical insight. Westmorland Gazette If you've ever visited a country house and marvelled at its grand water feature you'll find the images in this hardback mesmerising. But it's much more than a coffee table book and a fascinating insight into how water features have transformed gardens down the centuries from Egyptian to ultra modern. Amateur Gardening Get ideas from all things aqua... Good looking and informative. English Garden Well-written and informative, it will delight those interested in the history of water features and the surroundings in which they are found. Garden

A deep well of historical insight. Westmorland Gazette If you've ever visited a country house and marvelled at its grand water feature you'll find the images in this hardback mesmerising. But it's much more than a coffee table book and a fascinating insight into how water features have transformed gardens down the centuries from Egyptian to ultra modern. Amateur Gardening Get ideas from all things aqua! Good looking and informative. English Garden Well-written and informative, it will delight those interested in the history of water features and the surroundings in which they are found. Garden

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Rosalind Hopwood is an art historian with a special interest in fountains and water features. After 20 years of teaching she gained a PhD with a thesis on the Origins of the Renaissance Figure Fountain, which involved extensive travel in Europe and traced the history of water features and the development of hydraulic technology. She has lectured on art and garden history for adult education courses in Glasgow and London, and contributed to the Courtauld Institute art and architecture website. Her first book was published in 2004 and covered water features from Roman times to the present day within the British Isles

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