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Islamic Gardens and Landscapes / / 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 likewi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
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Ruggles, D. Fairchild,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2008
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 28 color, 177 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Islamic Landscape
  • 2. Making the Desert Bloom
  • 3. The Science of Gardening
  • 4. Organizing the Earth
  • 5. Trees and Plants
  • 6. Representations of Gardens and Landscape
  • 7. Imaginary Gardens
  • 8. The Garden as Paradise
  • 9. The Here and Hereafter
  • 10. A Garden in Landscape
  • 11. Religion and Culture
  • List of Gardens and Sites
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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