Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

Name: Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
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ISBN: 9780812240252

ISBN-10: 0812240251

ISBN-13: 9780812240252

Edition: 2008

Authors: D. Fairchild Ruggles

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"In the course of my research," writes D. Fairchild Ruggles, "I devoured Arabic agricultural manuals from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries. I love gardening, and in these texts I was able to enter the minds of agriculturalists and botanists of a thousand years ago who likewise believed it was important and interesting to record all the known ways of propagating olive trees, the various uses of rosemary, and how best to fertilize a garden bed." Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 2/13/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English



Preface



The Islamic Landscape


Place and Memory



Making the Desert Bloom


Transforming an Inhospitable Earth



The Science of Gardening


Agricultural and Botanical Manuals



Organizing the Earth


Cross-axial Gardens and the Chahar Bagh



Trees and Plants


Botanical Evidence from Texts and Archaeology



Representations of Gardens and Landscape


Imagery in Manuscript Paintings, Textiles, and Other Media



Imaginary Gardens


Gardens in Fantasy and Literature



The Garden as Paradise


The Historical Beginnings of Paradisiac Iconography



The Here and Hereafter


Mausolea and Tomb Gardens



A Garden in Landscape


The Taj Mahal and Its Precursors



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