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- catalog abstract "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 three aspects of medieval Islamic Spain: the landscape and agricultural transformation documented in Arabic scientific literature, the formation of the garden and its symbolism from the eighth through to the 15th centuries, and the role of the gaze and the frame in the spatial structures through with sovereignty was constituted. Although the repertory of architectural and garden forms was largely unchanged from the 10th to the 15th centuries, Ruggles explains that their meaning changed dramatically. The royal palace gardens of Cordoba expressed a political ideology that placed the king above and at the centre of the garden, and metaphorically, of his kingdom. This conception of the world began to falter in later centuries, but patrons clung to the forms and motifs of the golden age. Instead of creating new forms, artists at the Alhambra in Granada reworked and refined familiar vocabulary and materials. The vistas fixed by windows and pavilions referred not to the actual relationship of the king to his domain, but rather to the memory of a once-expanding territory.".
- catalog contributor b11349447.
- catalog created "c2000".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-265) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction --- Part I. LANDSCAPE. 1. History and landscape -- 2. Botany and the agricultural revolution --- Part II. GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE. 3. Palaces and estates on Cordoba, 711-936 -- 4. Madinat Al-Zahra -- 5. Madinat Al-Zahra, Samarra, and the view -- 6. Later Cordoban palaces and gardens --- Part III. THE GARDEN LEGARY. 7. Palaces of the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- 8. The Alhambra -- 9. Illusion and paradise.".
- catalog description "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 three aspects of medieval Islamic Spain: the landscape and agricultural transformation documented in Arabic scientific literature, the formation of the garden and its symbolism from the eighth through to the 15th centuries, and the role of the gaze and the frame in the spatial structures through with sovereignty was constituted. Although the repertory of architectural and garden forms was largely unchanged from the 10th to the 15th centuries, Ruggles explains that their meaning changed dramatically. The royal palace gardens of Cordoba expressed a political ideology that placed the king above and at the centre of the garden, and metaphorically, of his kingdom. This conception of the world began to falter in later centuries, but patrons clung to the forms and motifs of the golden age. Instead of creating new forms, artists at the Alhambra in Granada reworked and refined familiar vocabulary and materials. The vistas fixed by windows and pavilions referred not to the actual relationship of the king to his domain, but rather to the memory of a once-expanding territory.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 275 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Gardens, landscape, and vision in the palaces of Islamic Spain.".
- catalog identifier "0271018518".
- catalog isFormatOf "Gardens, landscape, and vision in the palaces of Islamic Spain.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Gardens, landscape, and vision in the palaces of Islamic Spain.".
- catalog spatial "Spain".
- catalog spatial "Spain.".
- catalog subject "712/.0917/671 21".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Spain History.".
- catalog subject "Gardens Spain History.".
- catalog subject "Gardens, Islamic History.".
- catalog subject "Islamic architecture Spain.".
- catalog subject "Islamic gardens History.".
- catalog subject "Landscape architecture Spain History.".
- catalog subject "Palaces Spain History.".
- catalog subject "SB457.8 .R845 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction --- Part I. LANDSCAPE. 1. History and landscape -- 2. Botany and the agricultural revolution --- Part II. GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE. 3. Palaces and estates on Cordoba, 711-936 -- 4. Madinat Al-Zahra -- 5. Madinat Al-Zahra, Samarra, and the view -- 6. Later Cordoban palaces and gardens --- Part III. THE GARDEN LEGARY. 7. Palaces of the eleventh and twelfth centuries -- 8. The Alhambra -- 9. Illusion and paradise.".
- catalog title "Gardens, landscape, and vision in the palaces of Islamic Spain / D. Fairchild Ruggles.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".