Description
Eight meters high pyramide of rocks and parts of a marble giant's head, and an enormous arrow in the top. The fountain refers to the mythological episode of the fight of the Titans against the Olympus. These giants were killed by Zeus and Heracles.
Sculptor
- Anne and Patrick Poirier (Marseille 1942 resp. Nantes 1942),
French art duo
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
- Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Villeurbanne.
- Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Fontaines.
- Christian Sozzi (ed.), L’art public dans le Grand Lyon, de l’après-guerre à nos jours, rapporté à l’histoire urbaine: périodisation, commandes, perspectives (Lyon: Agence d’urbanisme pour le développement de l’agglomération Lyonnaise, 2011-2012) (PDF on-line), p. 66.
Tags
Locatie (N 45°46'28" - E 4°51'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: frra252; Photograph: 16 August 2018
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