Jérusalem, Fontaine Arabe, 2 1854 Auguste Salzmann French This photograph presents one of six monumental sabils, or fountains, built by Süleyman the Magnificent in 1536–37. The fountain satisfied everyday and ritual necessities: water flowed for drinking as well as for the cleansing of the face, hands, and feet before prayer. Salzmann places the arched structure slightly off-center in a narrow depth of field, a strategy that accentuates its grandiosity in the flat landscape. The blank sky heightens the fountain’s sculptural qualities and isolates it as a specimen of regional architecture for c
Jérusalem, Fontaine Arabe, 2 1854 Auguste Salzmann French This photograph presents one of six monumental sabils, or fountains, built by Süleyman the Magnificent in 1536–37. The fountain satisfied everyday and ritual necessities: water flowed for drinking as well as for the cleansing of the face, hands, and feet before prayer. Salzmann places the arched structure slightly off-center in a narrow depth of field, a strategy that accentuates its grandiosity in the flat landscape. The blank sky heightens the fountain’s sculptural qualities and isolates it as a specimen of regional architecture for close Jérusalem, Fontaine Arabe, 2 287044
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