Fountain of Time

inception of Time From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search [pic] |Fountain of Time | |[pic] | | artificer |Lorado Taft | |Year |1920, dedicated 1922 | |Type |Concrete | |Dimensions |7.3 m × 38.66 m × 7.

16 m (24 ft × 126 ft 10 in × 23 ft 6 in) | |Location |capital of the United States ballpark (outdoor), Chicago, Illinois | [pic] [pic] Maps video display the center(prenominal) Plaisance (black rectangle) surrounded by Washington Park to the west (left) and capital of Mississippi Park. Fountain of Time (red oval) is located in the southeast plenty of Washington Park immediately west of the Midway Plaisance. Lorado Taft Midway Studios (red rectangle) is located a just south of the Midway Plaisance. (Chicago Park District in green, University of Chicago in yellow background) Fountain of Time, or simply Time, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft, beat 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western marge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.[1] This location is in the Washington Park federation area on Chicagos South Side. Inspired by Henry Austin Dobsons poem, Paradox of Time, and with its speed of light figures passing before Father Time, the work was created as a monument to the first 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. Although the bounds water began running in 1920, the sculpture was not dedicated to the city until 1922. The sculpture is a contributing structure to the Washington Park United States Registered Historic District, which is a National... If you want to spring up a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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