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Can I read Paradise Gardens: Landscape Gardening in the Islamic Tradition on EtoBox?
Paradise Gardens: Landscape Gardening in the Islamic Tradition by Arnaud Maurières and Éric Ossart; photographs Joelle Caroline Mayer, Gilles Le Scanff is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Paradise Gardens: Landscape Gardening in the Islamic Tradition about?
Most sacred texts describe paradise as a garden and the very word derives from the ancient Persian word for garden - pardis. Within the walls of this garden, the abundance of fruit, the colour and scent of flowers, the softness of the ground, the murmur of water and the music of birdsong arouse the senses.
Who reads Paradise Gardens: Landscape Gardening in the Islamic Tradition?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Arnaud Maurières and Éric Ossart; photographs Joelle Caroline Mayer, Gilles Le Scanff
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781860647338
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Art, Agriculture, Arts
Other editions & translations
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