Mercury fountain: Difference between revisions
m Check Wikipedia cleanup (Misplaced interwikis and categories) + gen. fixes |
m Robot - Moving category Alexander Calder sculptures to Sculptures by Alexander Calder per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 8. |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
[[Category:Fountains]] |
[[Category:Fountains]] |
||
[[Category:Mercury (element)]] |
[[Category:Mercury (element)]] |
||
[[Category:Alexander Calder |
[[Category:Sculptures by Alexander Calder]] |
||
Revision as of 12:17, 15 February 2010
A mercury fountain is a fountain constructed for use with mercury rather than water.
The most noted example is a modern sculpture designed by the American artist Alexander Calder and commissioned by the Spanish Republican government for the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris. The artwork is a memorial to the siege of Almadén, which then supplied 60 percent of the world's mercury, by General Franco's troops. A direct counterpart is Picasso's Guernica. Calder's mercury fountain, now at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, is displayed behind glass for safety reasons.
Mercury fountains existed in some castles in Islamic Spain; the most famous one was at the Kasr-al-Kholaifa in Córdoba.
External links
- Calder's Mercury Fountain at the Fundació Joan Miró
- Photos of Calder's Mercury Fountain by Mary Ann Sullivan
- Additional photos of Calder's Mercury Fountain
 | This sculpture article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |