The Persian garden : echoes of paradise / by Mehdi Khansari, M. Reza Moghtader, Minouch Yavari.

Main entry:

Khansari, Mehdi.

Title & Author:

The Persian garden : echoes of paradise / by Mehdi Khansari, M. Reza Moghtader, Minouch Yavari.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, 2004.

Description:

169 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-167).
History and heritage -- The gardens of great kings -- Restoring ancient glories -- The Mongol interlude -- The Safavids -- The nineteenth century -- The thousand-flower tapestry -- Plant list -- Index of gardens.

Summary:

For more than three thousand years, the Persian garden has been a focus of Iran's national imagination, influencing its art, literature, and even religion. The Persian garden's inspirational role has extended to garden design around the world. This work chronicles the history of the Persian garden, from the sanctuaries and hunting parks of fifth-century b.c. Persepolis to the nightingale gardens of nineteenth-century Tehran.

ISBN:

0934211752 (pbk.)
9780934211758 (pbk.)
0934211469
9780934211468

Subject:

Gardens, Persian History.
Gardens Iran History.
Jardins perses Histoire.
Gardens.
Gardens, Persian.
Gartenkunst
Iran.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Moghtader, M. Reza, 1931-
Yavari, Minouch.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 248814
Call No.: SB458.5 .K48 2004
Status: Available

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