A baroque fountain in the second most important square in the city of Brno has as its subject matter order. Order over chaos is the metaphorical meaning of the entangled sculptural group that monumentalizes the fountain. Adopting and adapting a Roman model, a mythologically built order is recreated from water, intended as the source of life. This is the Parnassus Fountain.

This monumental fountain, designed by the Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723) in 1690 and realised by the sculptors Tobias Kracker (1658–1736) and Antonín Riga (1660?–1728?) in the following years, it became one of Brno’s landmarks, located in the Zelný trh square. Continue reading →