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Islamic gardens and landscapes /

Title:
Islamic gardens and landscapes /
Author:
Ruggles, D. Fairchild.
Published:
Philadelphia : c2008.
Format:
Book
Institution:
MassArt, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 The Islamic landscape : place and memory -- Ch. 2 Making the desert bloom : transforming an inhospitable Earth -- Ch. 3 The science of gardening : agricultural and botanical manuals -- Ch. 4 Organizing the Earth : cross-axial gardens and the Chahar Bagh -- Ch. 5 Trees and plants : botanical evidence from texts and archaeology -- Ch. 6 Representations of gardens and landscape : imagery in manuscript paintings, textiles, and other media -- Ch. 7 Imaginary gardens : gardens in fantasy and literature -- Ch. 8 The garden as paradise : the historical beginnings of paradisiac iconography -- Ch. 9 The here and hereafter : mausolea and tomb gardens -- Ch. 10 A garden in landscape : the Taj Mahal and its precursors -- Ch. 11 Religion and culture : the adoption of Islamic garden culture by non-Muslims.

Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
MassArt Main
SB457.8 .R85 2008Available
Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
712.091767 .R84 2008Available