Angel of the waters (bethesda fountain) by emma stebbins

摘要

The Angel of the Waters, more commonly known as the Bethesda Fountain, by Emma Stebbins (1815-1882) is one of the most beloved sculptures in all of New York City's Central Park. The designers of the park, Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, carefully laid out the park design in their 1858 Greensward Plan, and they believed that artificial additions to the landscape should be as limited as possible. The main focus of the park, they thought, should be the natural landscape (1).