Fountains and Statuary
From the Latin "fons" or "fontis," a source or spring, is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were originally purely functional, used to provide drinking water and bathing water ,but in ancient Rome and they began to be used as decorative elements in gardens and courtyards. The art of fountains reached its peak in the fountains of the palaces of Moorish Spain in the 14th century; in the Italian Renaissance garden in the 15th and 16th century; in the Gardens of Versailles in the 17th entury; and the decorative fountains of Rome in the 17th and 18th century.
