Madeleine LeBrun

Peacock Fountain

Illustration
2022
From 14th-century Persia, Al-Jazari’s moving peacock fountain used a mechanism similar to that found in modern flush toilets.

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Peacock Fountain
Peacock Fountain

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Madeleine LeBrun

Illustration

“"Automatic Ancestors" depicts historical automata (lifelike machines) juxtaposed with elements of the modern technologies they anticipate. In this way, various aspects of “modern” technology are...” [More]