View from the Back
Ramblings of a retiree in France
Sculpture Saturday #28
We’re staying in Paris. La Fontaine Stravinsky is a whimsical public fountain ornamented with sixteen works of sculpture, moving and spraying water, representing the works of composer Igor Stravinsky. It was created in 1983 by sculptors Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, and is located on Place Stravinsky, next to the Centre Pompidou.
The black mechanical pieces of sculpture are by Jean Tinguely; the brightly coloured works are by Niki de Saint Phalle.
The sculptures represent the following works:
- L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
- La Clef de Sol (the Musical Key of G)
- La Spirale (The Spiral)
- L’Elephant (The Elephant)
- Le Renard (The Fox)
- Le Serpent (The Serpent)
- La Grenouille (The Frog)
- La Diagonale (The Diagonal)
- La Mort (Death)
- La Sirène (The Mermaid)
- Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
- L’Amour (Love)
- La Vie (Life)
- Le Cœur (The Heart)
- Le Chapeau de Clown (The Clown’s Hat)
- Ragtime (Ragtime)
This challenge is kindly hosted by Susan Kelly over at Ruined for Life: Phoenix Edition.
Share a photo of a statue or sculpture – go on, give it a go, you know you want to!
I love that fountain. Sat for ages just watching
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It’s fascinating
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The clown hat gave me a start.
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Sorry!
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🙂
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Love Paris ❤
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How could one not
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So beautiful
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😎
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Fascinating
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It’s a bit weird and wacky
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It’s so fascinating. 😁
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Isn’t it!
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Its great – hopefully get back to Paris to see it for real some day….
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I hope so too Marie
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