Abstract
This book is divided into three parts: landscape and agricultural transformation as documented in the medieval Arabic scientific literature and geographies, the typological formation of the garden and its symbolic meaning in the eighth through tenth centuries, and finally the role of vision and framing in the apparatus of sovereignty from Madinat al-Zahra' to the Alhambra.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Place of Publication | University Park, Pa |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Number of pages | 275 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780271018515, 0271022477, 0271018518, 9780271022475 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Islamic gardens
- Gardens
- Spain
- Landscape architecture
- Palaces
- Agriculture