Main entry:

Lehrman, Jonas (Jonas Benzion)

Title & Author:

Earthly paradise : garden and courtyard in Islam / Jonas Lehrman.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1980.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
Preface -- Introduction -- Map showing principal surviving gardens -- Setting the scene. Significance of the garden; The complementary nature of garden and courtyard; The joy of water -- Characteristics. Order; Space; Form; Texture; Pattern; Light; Movement -- Moorish Spain. Cordova; Granada; Seville -- Safavid Iran. Isfahan; Kashan; Shiraz; Tabriz; Mahan; Teheran -- Mughal India. Agra; Delhi; Kashmir; Lahore; Pinjore; Fatehpur Sikri; Sikandra; Udaipur -- Other regions. North Africa; Sicily; Egypt; The Arabian peninsula; Turkey; Uzbekistan; Afghanistan -- The Islamic garden and courtyard today -- Postscript -- Proposals for restoration and preservation -- Horitcultural note -- Glossary -- Islamic dyansties and Mughal emperors -- Select chronology of gardens and courtyards.

ISBN:

0520043634
9780520043633
0500012369
9780500012369

Subject:

Islamic gardens.
Courtyards Islamic countries.
Jardins islamiques.
Cours Pays islamiques.
Cours (Architecture) Pays musulmans.
Courtyards
Garten
Islam
Palast
Park
Islamic countries
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136625
Call No.: 0006456 11120 A2077; ID:86-B8940
Status: Available