Skip to main content

Water stairs (landscaped-site elements)

Scope note

Use for landscape features that have water cascading or spilling down a stepped incline, usually in controlled channels; found in Islamic and 16th-century and later Italian formal gardens.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000195722

Broader Terms used

water features

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: water stairs (landscaped-site elements)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-66387 Accessed: 2024-11-15 10:23:04

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-66387|title=Terminology definition for: water stairs (landscaped-site elements)|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-15 10:23:04|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-66387

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...