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.
Work by
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]