Gardens, landscape, and vision in the palaces of Islamic Spain / D. Fairchild Ruggles.
Islamic gardens, with their waterways and beds of plants and trees, are generally regarded as an earthly reflection of paradise. D. Fairchild Ruggles offers a different interpretation, contending that the palace garden was primarily an environmental, economic and political construct. She discusses t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Penn. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
2000.
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SB457.8 .R845 2000 |
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| Status: | Available |