Gardens, Landscape, & Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain

University Park, Penna. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Softcover. Black & color illus. wraps, 275 pp., 199 BW illus., 12 color plates. G+ (Edges show a bit of wear; blue highlighting appears in parts of the first two chapters, and a few marks appear elsewhere; ex-art-library with bookplate and pocket.). Item #138996
ISBN: 0271022477

"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." (publisher) Includes architectural renderings and layouts.

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