Young Blonde Girl In The Garden With A Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" or "fontis", a source or spring) is a piece 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, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing, but in ancient Rome they began to be used as decorative elements in gardens and courtyards. The art fountains reached its peak in the fountains the palaces Moorish Spain in the 14th century; in the Italian Renaissance garden in the 15th and 16th century; in the fountains the Gardens Versailles in the 17th century; and the decorative fountains Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Fountains today may be practical, such as drinking fountains and village fountains which provide clean drinking water; or designed for recreation, such as splash fountains, where residents can cool f in summer; or ornamental, decorating city parks and squares and home gardens.
Fountains may be wall fountains or free-standing. In fountains sheets water may flow over varied surfaces stone, concrete or metal. Basins may overflow from one into another, or the overflow may imitate a natural cascade. Many fountains are located in small, artificial, ornamental ponds, basins and formal garden pools, and ten they include sculpture.