The Stone Flower Fountain ( rus, Фонтан «Каменный цветок», Fontan Kamennyj tsvetok) stands in the so-called "Industrial Square" of the
Exhibition of Economic Achievements (VDNH) in
Moscow, Russia. It was named and designed after the eponymous flower from
Pavel Bazhov
Pavel Petrovich Bazhov (russian: Па́вел Петро́вич Бажо́в; 27 January 1879 – 3 December 1950) was a Russian writer and publicist.
Bazhov is best known for his collection of fairy tales '' The Malachite Box'', based on Ura ...
's fairy-tale "
The Stone Flower
"The Stone Flower" ( rus, Каменный цветок, Kamennyj tsvetok, p=ˈkamʲɪnːɨj tsvʲɪˈtok), also known as "The Flower of Stone", is a folk tale (also known as ''skaz'') of the Ural region of Russia collected and reworked by Pave ...
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The Stone Flower Fountain was built in 1954. It was designed by the architect and carved by . The fountain was decorated with figures of birds, fruit and
ears
An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists o ...
. Some sculpted details fountain created were carved by the sculptors and V. V. Aleksandrova-Roslavleva, and the mosaics works were done in the workshop of the
Soviet Academy of Arts. It was the first light and
musical fountain in the USSR. The music for it was created by
Dmitri Shostakovich. It was positioned in front of the .
[Mărginean M. SHIFTING PERIMETERS TO DEFINE INFLEXIBLE MEANINGS: CONSUMPTION, SPECTACLE AND IDEOLOGICAL PROGRAMMING IN ROMANIAN ARCHITECTURE DURING THE 1950S //Interstudia (Revista Centrului Interdisciplinar de Studiu al Formelor Discursive Contemporane Interstud). – 2012. – №. 11/2. – С. 86-94.]
See also
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References
External links
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The Stone Flower Fountain at the VDNH official website
Fountains in Russia
1954 sculptures
Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow
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