Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires : : Encounters and Confluences /

Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires : : Encounters and Confluences / / ed. by Mohammad Gharipour.

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The cross-cultural exchange of ideas that flourished in the Mediterranean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries profoundly affected European and Islamic society. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires considers the role and place of gardens and landscapes in the broader conte...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
MitwirkendeR:
Castel-Branco, Cristina,
Gharipour, Mohammad,
Henderson, Paula,
Kaiser, Simone M.,
Koch, Ebba,
Pastore, Christopher,
Paya, Laurent,
Ruggles, D. Fairchild,
Sinclair, Jill,
Tchikine, Anatole,
HerausgeberIn:
Gharipour, Mohammad,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 55 color/67 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface: The Renaissance in the Global Context
  • Acknowledgments
  • GARDENS OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE AND THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES
  • 1 Prologue: Paradigm Problems
  • 2 Embracing the Other:
  • 3 Staging the Civilizing Elements in the Gardens of Rome and Istanbul
  • 4 The Art of Garden Design in France: Influences at the Time of the “Scandalous Alliance?”
  • 5 “For Beauty, and Air, and View”:
  • 6 The Gardens of Safavid Isfahan and Renaissance Italy:
  • 7 “Elysian Fields Such as the Poets Dreamed Of ”:
  • 8 Garden Encounters:
  • 9 Carved Pools, Rock-Cut Elephants, Inscriptions, and Tree Columns:
  • 10 Epilogue: Italian Renaissance Gardens and the Middle East;
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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