Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity : Questions, Methods and Resources in a Multicultural Perspective, Band 31Michel Conan, Dumbarton Oaks Dumbarton Oaks, 2007 - 363 Seiten This book unites new information and surprising results from the last fifteen years of garden research, at a remove from the clichés of Orientalism. Garden archaeology reveals the economic importance of Judean gardens in Roman times and the visual complexity of gardens created and transformed in Moorish Spain. More contemporary approaches unravel the cultural continuities, variations, and differences between gardens in the Middle East since Roman times and in the Islamic world. |
Inhalt
New Perspectives for Garden Archaeology | 5 |
Questions about the Political Significance of Mughal Garden Waterworks | 178 |
Cultural Receptions of Gardens | 197 |
Unity and Diversity of Mughal Garden Experiences | 222 |
Critical Discussion of Cultural Influences | 239 |
Rajput Gardens and Landscapes | 270 |
Exploring the Limits of Garden Traditions | 287 |
Gardens of Afghanistan | 308 |
Contributors | 329 |
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