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Islamic gardens and landscapes /
A comprehensive survey of Islamic gardens, from antiquity through to the present.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Penn studies in landscape architecture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication Page ; Table of Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1: The Islamic Landscape: Place and Memory ; Chapter 2: Making the Desert Bloom: Transforming an Inhospitable Earth ; Chapter 3: The Science of Gardening: Agricultural and Botanical Manuals.
- Chapter 4: Organizing the Earth: Cross-axial Gardens and the Chahar Bagh Chapter 5: Trees and Plants: Botanical Evidence from Texts and Archaeology ; Chapter 6: Representations of Gardens and Landscape: Imagery in Manuscript Paintings, Textiles, and Other Media.
- Chapter 7: Imaginary Gardens: Gardens in Fantasy and Literature Chapter 8: The Garden as Paradise: The Historical Beginnings of Paradisiac Iconography ; Chapter 9: The Here and Hereafter: Mausolea and Tomb Gardens ; Chapter 10: A Garden in Landscape: The Taj Mahal and Its Precursors.
- Chapter 11: Religion and Culture: The Adoption of Islamic Garden Culture by Non-Muslims List of Gardens and Sites ; Spain ; Sicily ; Morocco ; Algeria ; Tunisia ; Egypt ; Turkey ; Syria and Region ; Oman ; Iraq ; Iran ; Central Asia ; Pakistan ; India ; United States.
- Glossary Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Acknowledgments ; Color plates follow page.