Persian Gardens Garden Pavilions

Author : Donald N. Wilber
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994-06-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781462913046

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Persian Gardens & Garden Pavilions by Donald N. Wilber Pdf

This Persian gardening book showcases classic gardens and pavilions and presents gardening advice for the aspiring amateur landscaper looking to add an Eastern flair to his or her yard. The garden has always had a special meaning for Persian (Iran). The Persian garden, with its flowing pools, fountains, waterways, rows of tall trees, rich arrays of fruit trees and flowers, and cool pavilions, has represented an image of paradise. Persian Gardens & Garden Pavilions is both a comprehensive survey and an appreciation of this Persian tradition of gardens and garden pavilions. The text traces the historical development of Persian gardens, describes their basic features, presents existing examples, and discusses the literature and tradition behind them. The 119 illustrations include detailed plans and photographs of surviving gardens and their pavilions made on the spot, as well as a comprehensive collection of paintings, lithographs, and drawings of the nineteenth century executed both by Persian artists and by European travelers and emissaries of the period. The author points out, the gardeners who read this book should come across many details and ideas that can be incorporated into their own kinds of gardens.

Author : Donald Newton Wilber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Gardens
ISBN : LCCN:62009860

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Persian Gardens & Garden Pavilions by Donald Newton Wilber Pdf

Author : Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780857733207

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Persian Gardens and Pavilions by Mohammad Gharipour Pdf

From Timur's tent in Samarqand to Shah 'Abbas's palace in Isfahan and Humayun's tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since its earliest appearance at the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC. Here, Mohammad Gharipour places both the garden and the pavilion within their historical, literary and artistic contexts, emphasizing the importance of the pavilion, which has hitherto been overlooked in the study of Iranian historical architecture. Starting with an examination of the depictions and representations of gardens in religious texts, Gharipour analyses the how the idea of the garden developed from the model of pre-Islamic gardens in Achaemenid and Sassanian Persia to its mentions in the Zoroastrian text of Aban Yasht and on to its central role as paradise in the Qur'an. Continuing on with an exploration of gardens and pavilions in Persian poetry, Gharipour offers in-depth analysis of their literal and metaphorical values. It is in the poetry of major Persian poets such as Ferdowsi, Naser Khosrow, Sa'di, Rumi and Hafez that Gharipour finds that whilst gardens are praised for their spiritual values, they also contain significant symbolic worth in terms of temporal wealth and power. Persian Gardens and Pavilions then goes onto examine the garden and the pavilion as reflected in Persian miniature painting, sculpture and carpets, as well as accounts of travelers to Persia. With masters such as Bizhad representing daily life as well as the more mystical prose and poetry in, for example, Sa'di's Bustan (The Orchard) and Golestan (The Rose Garden), the garden and the pavilion can be seen to have crucial semiotic significances and cultural meanings. But in addition to this, they also point to historical patterns of patronage and ownership which were of central importance in the diplomatic and social life of the royal courts of Persia. Gharipour thereby highlights the metaphorical, spiritual, symbolic and religious aspects of gardens, as well as their more materialistic and economic functions. This book reaches back through Persia's rich history to explore the material and psychological relationships between human beings, pavilions and gardens, and will be a valuable resource for Art History, Architecture and Iranian Studies.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Kales Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0967007666

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The Gardens of Persia by Penelope Hobhouse Pdf

Looks at the evolution of Persian gardens from ancient times to the present day and their impact on modern garden design.

Author : Yves Porter,Arthur Thevenart
Publisher : Editions Flammarion
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015062616282

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Palaces and Gardens of Persia by Yves Porter,Arthur Thevenart Pdf

In both decoration and design, the grand buildings and gardens of traditional Persia consistently refer to "paradise." The very word itself refers to a sense of heavenly perfection, derived from an early Iranian term for "the Shah's royal hunting grounds." The fine touches of heaven that lie behind the colorful tiled faç ades of palace pavilions and mosques still shine in this richly illustrated and scholarly work. Enter gardens with intricate fountains and majestic ponds fed by water that is sourced from underground aqueducts dating to the 6th century. From ancient mirrored shrines of Shiraz and geometric gardens of Kashan to the ornate domes of Ispahan, here is a glorious photographic timeline drawn in water, brick, and ceramic ornamentation along the 3,000 years of the region's architecture.

Author : Penelope Hobhouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 1876314206

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The Gardens of Persia by Penelope Hobhouse Pdf

Author : Mehdi Khansari,M. Reza Moghtader,Minouch Yavari
Publisher : Mage Pub
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0934211752

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The Persian Garden by Mehdi Khansari,M. Reza Moghtader,Minouch Yavari Pdf

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, however, extended far beyond the land of its origin; its precepts have exerted a profound influence on garden design around the world. The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise chronicles the history of the Persian garden, from the magnificent sanctuaries and hunting parks of fifth-century b.c. Persepolis to the magical nightingale gardens of nineteenth-century Tehran. All were seen as a kind of earthly paradise (the English word paradise has its roots in the old Persian word pairi-daeza meaning a walled space). To an astonishing extent, that vision seems justified. This book was meticulously researched and created over a period of six years in, Paris, Tehran and Washington by photographer, Mehdi Khansari and architect Minouch Yavari, together with the renowned Persian architect and architectural historian Reza Moghtader. It explains the philosophy behind Persian garden design and offers an authoritative account of its developmentintroducing new historical material in the process. This extraordinary story is enhanced by vivid descriptions of Persian gardens as seen through the eyes of travelers to Iran during the past five hundred years. Over 240 illustrations in full color, complement the text. They include magnificent color photographs, old plates and engravings, as well as exquisite architectural renderings and plans of the sites and the gardens. A selection of the finest Persian garden-carpets, textiles, miniature paintings, stone reliefs, painted tiles, pottery, and poetry, augment the reader's experience of an ancient art form that for centuries has sought to meld the physical and the spiritual.

Author : Elizabeth B. Moynihan
Publisher : George Braziller
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015034682990

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Paradise as a Garden by Elizabeth B. Moynihan Pdf

A study of the Paradise Garden in Persia from the sixth through the seventeenth century explores its design, architectural development, and relation to the Paradise myth and ancient nature worship.

Author : Tijana Rakić,Jo-Anne Lester
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317006435

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Travel, Tourism and Art by Tijana Rakić,Jo-Anne Lester Pdf

Art, in its many forms, has long played an important role in people’s imagination, experience and remembrance of places, cultures and travels as well as in their motivation to travel. Travel and tourism, on the other hand, have also inspired numerous artists and featured in many artworks. The fascinating relationships between travel, tourism and art encompass a wide range of phenomena from historical ’Grand Tours’ during which a number of travellers experienced or produced artwork, to present-day travel inspired by art, artworks produced by contemporary travellers or artworks produced by locals for tourist consumption. Focusing on the representations of ’touristic’ places, locals, travellers and tourists in artworks; the role of travel and tourism in inspiring artists; as well as the role of art and artwork in imagining, experiencing and remembering places and motivating travel and tourism; this edited volume provides a space for an exploration of both historical and contemporary relationships between travel, tourism and art. Bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and fields of study including geography, anthropology, history, philosophy, and urban, cultural, tourism, art and leisure studies, this volume discusses a range of case studies across different art forms and locales.

Author : D. Fairchild Ruggles
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812207286

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Islamic Gardens and Landscapes by D. Fairchild Ruggles Pdf

Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and diversity of the art form. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes immerses the reader in the world of the architects of the great gardens of the Islamic world, from medieval Morocco to contemporary India. Just as Islamic culture is historically dense, sophisticated, and complex, so too is the history of its built landscapes. Islamic gardens began from the practical need to organize the surrounding space of human civilization, tame nature, enhance the earth's yield, and create a legible map on which to distribute natural resources. Ruggles follows the evolution of these early farming efforts to their aristocratic apex in famous formal gardens of the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Whether in a humble city home or a royal courtyard, the garden has several defining characteristics, which Ruggles discusses. Most notable is an enclosed space divided into four equal parts surrounding a central design element. The traditional Islamic garden is inwardly focused, usually surrounded by buildings or in the form of a courtyard. Water provides a counterpoint to the portioned green sections. Ranging across poetry, court documents, agronomy manuals, and early garden representations, and richly illustrated with pictures and site plans, Islamic Gardens and Landscapes is a book of impressive scope sure to interest scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Author : Zahid Sardar
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781423613817

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New Garden Design: Inspiring Private Paradises by Zahid Sardar Pdf

From vegetable and succulent gardens to sculpture and rose gardens to mountain and waterfront gardens, New Garden Design covers a range of interpretations incorporating walls, fountains, pavilions, canals, pools, terraces and groves in unexpected ways. The resulting new garden is a pleasure garden vested with spiritual, symbolic and ecological intent. A modernist interpretation of Roman stone furniture and freestanding walls punctuate the space behind a 1970s ranch house. A home designed by Bernard Maybeck is accented with a freehand composition of urns, cement pipes and rusty objects, as well as over a thousand species of plants. A grove of olive trees underplanted with rosemary and lavender fields gives personality to two acres surrounding a house designed by modernist Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta.

Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Richard Ettinghausen
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Architecture
ISBN : MINN:319510001117734

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The Islamic Garden by Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Richard Ettinghausen Pdf

Author : Ajai Kumar Tiwari
Publisher : New India Publishing Agency
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 9381450072

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Fundamentals of Ornamentals Horticulture and Landscape Gardening by Ajai Kumar Tiwari Pdf

Ornamental Horticulture is a branch of Horticulture which deals with commercial growing of flowers ornamental plants and beautification of surroundings. This subject assumes great importance in improving total environment and checks visual pollution by way of beautification. The flowers have been eulogised by poets and artists for generations not merely for their ornamental properties but for their versatile curative properties. The Study of ornamental horticulture comprises of two parts i.e. the knowledge of growing of plants like annuals, shrubs, climber, trees, bulbous, succulents and cactus, shade loving plants, lawn etc. and their use in beautification programme. The information on above aspect is scattered in different book and a great difficulty was being felt by students, landscapers and scientist. In this context, a need of simple book on introduction, cultivation and management of ornamental plants is highly demanded by student of Horticulture and florists of India. This book describes in details collection identification, propagation, cultivation, nutritional & weed management, plant and flowers senescence management etc., of annuals, herbs, shrubs, climbers and ornamental trees. Since, beautification involves the principles of art and gardening styles. Therefore, bio aesthetic planning, basics of landscaping and flowers arrangement have also been discussed in details. Special care has been taken to present the subject matter in a simple and lucid style. Book further includes recent available information. The illustrations have been drawn from own specimens with photographs.

Author : Tom Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134370832

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Garden History by Tom Turner Pdf

Highly illustrated to present and explain in a most appealing way, the historic styles of gardens with particular emphasis on the philosophy of garden design. This carefully structured overview makes the large subject of garden history accessible to a wide range of readers. The sections on history and philosophy are written as succinct essays, illustrated with photographs or perspective drawings. The essays deal with the ideas and historical conditions, which led to the making of particular types of gardens. The section on styles will focus on plan analysis and will be illustrated. Diagrams illu.

Author : E. S. Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986-04-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521248604

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Comparative Criticism: Volume 5, Hermeneutic Criticism by E. S. Shaffer Pdf

Addresses literary theory and criticism, comparative studies in terms of theme, genre movement and influence, and interdisciplinary perspectives.