Author: Nurhan AtasoyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789757710103
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Garden for the Sultan
Author: Nurhan AtasoyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789757710103
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Garden for the Sultan
Author: Nurhan AtasoyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
The Sultan's Garden
Author: Walter B. DennyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780874050363
Category : Art, Ottoman
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"First published on the occasion of the exhibition ... the Textile Museum, Wasghinton, D.C., October 15, 2011-February 12, 2012"--T.p. verso.
The Sultan's Garden
Author: Walter B. DennyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780874050370
Category : Art, Ottoman
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Sultan's Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art' at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., September 21, 2012-March 10, 2013.
Perspectives on Garden Histories
Author: Michel ConanPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884022657
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Comprising ten papers which critically examine the field of garden history, presented at the twenty-first Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture. Topics include changes in approaches to garden history and architectural studies over time and new historical investigations and discoveries in Italian and Mughal gardens. Good
Gardens in the Time of the Great Muslim Empires
Author: PetruccioliPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004660828
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Interest in the Islamic garden has increased considerably in the past years, to such a point where a conference specifically on this subject was held at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1994. This volume collects eight papers from the conference and two additional papers especially written for the book, to further and act as a basis for the attention given by scholars these days to Islamic landscape architecture.
The Famous Parks and Gardens of the World Described and Illustrated ...
Author: Publisher: London : T. Nelson and sons
ISBN:
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set
Author: Jonathan BloomPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019530991X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1697
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
The World and Its People
Author: Charles Francis HornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
Author: D. Fairchild RugglesPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812207289
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
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 and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India. Just as Islamic culture is historically dense, sophisticated, and complex, so too is the history of its built landscapes. Islamic gardens began from the practical need to organize the surrounding space of human civilization, tame nature, enhance the earth's yield, and create a legible map on which to distribute natural resources. Ruggles follows the evolution of these early farming efforts to their aristocratic apex in famous formal gardens of the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Whether in a humble city home or a royal courtyard, the garden has several defining characteristics, which Ruggles discusses. Most notable is an enclosed space divided into four equal parts surrounding a central design element. The traditional Islamic garden is inwardly focused, usually surrounded by buildings or in the form of a courtyard. Water provides a counterpoint to the portioned green sections. Ranging across poetry, court documents, agronomy manuals, and early garden representations, and richly illustrated with pictures and site plans, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes is a book of impressive scope sure to interest scholars and enthusiasts alike.