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Villa d'Este: 100 Fountains

16th century lion fountain

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Rome: The fountains of Rome

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Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Nicola Pisano: Adoration of the Magi

Nicola Pisano

Italian sculptor

“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden

Isamu Noguchi

American sculptor

The Diamond chair designed by Harry Bertoia, 1952

Harry Bertoia

American artist

Giambologna: Mercury

Giambologna

Mannerist sculptor

Scudder, Janet

Janet Scudder

American sculptor

The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.

Jacopo della Quercia

Italian sculptor

“Doris,” detail from the “Fountain of Neptune,” executed from Bartolommeo Ammannati's model by Andrea Calamech, 1563–75; in Piazza della Signoria, Florence

Bartolommeo Ammannati

Italian sculptor and architect

Arnolfo di Cambio, statue by Luigi Pampaloni, 1830; near the Duomo, Florence.

Arnolfo di Cambio

Italian sculptor and architect

Milles, Carl: Europa and the Bull

Carl Milles

Swedish sculptor

Lorado Taft, 1913.

Lorado Taft

American sculptor

Rome: Lateran Palace

Domenico Fontana

Italian architect

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Edmé Bouchardon

French sculptor

The Trevi Fountain, Rome, designed by Nicola Salvi.

Nicola Salvi

Italian sculptor and architect

Hildebrand, Adolf von: Wittelsbach Fountain

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

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Georg Raphael Donner

Austrian sculptor

Adriaen de Vries: Cain Killing Abel

Adriaen de Vries

Dutch sculptor