Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain by D. Fairchild Ruggles

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

D. Fairchild Ruggles

296 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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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 new interpretation, contending that the palace garden was primarily an environmental, ec...

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