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Islamic Art and Gardens
The Dome of the Rock Jerusalem, built 691 A.D.
The Dome of the Rock Jerusalem, built 691 A.D.
Great (Umayyad) Mosque of Damascus
706 A.D., Damascus, Syria
Great (Umayyad) Mosque of Damascus
706 A.D., Damascus, Syria
“Allah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow,
wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence…."
- Qur'an 9:72
ca. 750 Umayyad Caliph `Abd al-Rahman I escapes to Cordoba from Damascus, fleeing the Abbasids
The Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain 784-987 A.D.
Patio de los Narajanos/ Courtyard of the Oranges The Great Mosque of Córdoba, Spain 784-987 A.D.
Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Alhambra, Granada, Spain, Nasrid period (1232-1492)
Generalife, Alhambra (Jannat al-‘Arīf) literally, "Architect's Garden“, 14th century
Courtyard of the Lions Palacio de los Leones Alhambra, Granada, Spain
“I am the garden adorned by beauty:
Gaze upon my loveliness and my stature will be
explained to you.
For my lord, the Imam Muhammad I equals
The noblest thing that will exist or has ever
existed.
By God! His lovely buildings, in happiness,
surpasses any others that have been built.
How many delights for the eyes!
The soul of he who is benevolent renews his
desires here.
The five Pleiades find refuge at night here
And the languid breeze becomes sublime.
A splendid vault- peerless- exists here
Pyxis
Whose beauty is both hidden and manifest…” Ivory, A.D. 966
Madinat al-Zahra, Spain
The Hispanic Society of America
“…Beauty has bestowed upon me a robe clad with
Sala de Dos Hermanas, Palacio de los Leones, jewels, so that I am a vessel for musk and camphor
14th century, Alhambra, Granada and ambergris; [made by] Khalaf."Marrakesh, Morocco
Courtyard Gardens of Morocco
“This is the paradise (janna) which the righteous have been promised.
There shall flow in it rivers of unpolluted water, and rivers of milk for ever fresh; rivers of delectable wine and rivers of clearest honey”
(Qur’an 47: 15)
Chahar Bagh (Four part Garden) at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India Persian Garden Carpet
18th century, Iran, KurdistanThe Taj Mahal
Agra, India
1632-53
Pietre dureSheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, 2007
Folio from the Akbarnama, Chintz Panel from a Tent Hunting coat
ca. 1590/95 1725–50, India, Burhanpur ca. 1620-1630, India
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Cotton; plain weave, and dyed, resist-dyed Embroidered satin with silk
Art Institute of Chicago (1919.898) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011.528) Victoria & Albert Museum (IS.18-1947)Dish
17th century, Turkey,
Iznik
Stonepaste;
polychrome painted
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves
ca. 1550–70
Turkey, Istanbul
ink, and opaque watercolor on paper
Tile with Saz Leaves Silk Kaftan with saz pattern
16th century, Turkey, Iznik mid-16th century.
Stonepaste; polychrome painted Topkapi Palace MuseumIznik Tiles in Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
Naqsh-e Jahan Maydān, aka Imam Square, Isfahan, Iran Shah Abbas (r.1587-1629)
Aga Khan Garden, Edmonton, University of Alberta (2018)
Aga Khan Garden, Edmonton, University of Alberta (2018)
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape ArchitectsTHANK YOU!
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