Arion Fountain, Olomouc, Czech Republic - Fountains on Waymarking.com

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The Arion Fountain was completed in the year 2002 during the reconstruction of the Upper Square and completed the collection of Olomouc Baroque fountains inspired by ancient Greek mythology. This seventh Olomouc fountain is the work of the Olomouc sculpter Ivan Theimer and the architect Angela Chiantelli.
The subject of this sculptural decoration was the classical myth about Arion, who was rescued by a dolphin, attracted by the ceremonial song which Arion played. The oval pool of the fountain, partially situated below the level of the surface in the Roman fashion, contains three bronze sculptural groups, in an asymmetrical arrangement: an axial obelisk on the shell of a monumental turtle, an eccentrically placed sculpture of two children, a boy and a girl, and the standing figure of Arion with a dolphin. An additional sculptural work of a turtle, situated next to the pool, is half a toy and half a seriously intended gift which the sculptor dedicated to the youngest admirers of his creative work.

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Ariónova kašna vznikla v roce 2002 v rámci rozsáhlé rekonstrukce Horního námestí a doplnila tak soubor olomouckých barokních kašen inspirovaných antickou mytologií. Tato sedmá olomoucká kašna je dílem zdejšího rodáka sochare Ivana Theimera a architektky Angely Chiantelliové.
Námetem socharské výzdoby je antická povest o reckém básníkovi, pevci a hráci na kitharu Ariónovi, kterého zachránil z morských vln delfín, privábený Ariónovým zpevem. Oválný bazén kašny je zapuštený pod úroven dlažby a nese tri bronzové skupiny: obelisk na krunýri monumentální želvy a dále sousoší dvou detí a stojícího Arióna s delfínem. Další plastika želvy je k radosti nejmenších obdivovatelu díla umístená na sousedním prostranství vedle nádrže. Všechny plastiky jsou pokryty drobnopisným reliéfním dekorem, jehož úlohou je oslavit Moravu, mesto Olomouc a Olomoucany.

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