The Stone Flower Fountain

The Stone Flower Fountain (Russian: Фонтан «Каменный цветок», tr. 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's fairy-tale "The Stone Flower".

The Stone Flower Fountain

The Stone Flower Fountain was built in 1954. It was designed by the architect Konstantin Topuridze and carved by Prokopy Dobrynin.[1] The fountain was decorated with figures of birds, fruit and ears. Some sculpted details fountain created were carved by the sculptors V. Ryleyeva and Alexandrova-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.[2] The music for it was created by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was positioned right in the front of the Ukrainian pavilion.[3]

See also
  • The Friendship of the Peoples Fountain

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2015-12-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "На ВВЦ после трехлетнего перерыва заработает светомузыкальный фонтан …". Archived from the original on 17 September 2013.
  3. 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.


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