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Summary
Summary
From Timur's tent in Samarqand to Shah 'Abbas's palace in Isfahan and Humayun's tomb in Delhi, the pavilion has been an integral part of Persianate gardens since the Achaemenid garden in Pasargadae in the sixth century BC. Here, Mohammad Gharipour places both the garden and the pavilion within their historical, literary and artistic contexts, emphasizing the importance of the pavilion, so overlooked in the study of Iranian historical architecture. He does so by examining the representations of gardens and pavilions in religious texts (such as the Zoroastrian Aban Yasht or the Qur'an), the poetry of major Persian poets (such as Ferdowsi, Sa'di, Rumi and Hafez), miniature painting, sculpture and carpets, as well as accounts of travelers to Persia. Gharipour thereby highlights the spiritual, symbolic and religious aspects of gardens, as well as their more social and economic functions, reflecting patterns of patronage and ownership. This book reaches back through Persia's rich history to explore the relationships between human beings and their domestic environments and will be a valuable resource for Art History, Architecture and Iranian Studies.
Author Notes
Mohammad Gharipour is Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University in Baltimore, USA. He has a PhD in Architectural History from the College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
This fine book by Gharipour (Morgan State Univ.) focuses on Persian gardens and the permanent or temporary structures within them, from the 15th through the 18th centuries. It also includes a useful, concise survey of references to gardens in earlier literature, stretching back to ancient Sumer, the Bible, and the Qur'an. A scholarly book with a wide scope, it includes an extensive apparatus of glossary, notes and sources, and 100 illustrations. Many of the illustrations are in color, generally of high quality, and beautiful to study. The volume relies heavily on textual sources, including histories, poetry, and travelers' accounts especially, and also pictorial sources (manuscript illuminations in particular). Gharipour sets the garden in its social and historical context as a place for meetings, display, pleasure, and (sometimes) production. He goes beyond earlier treatments of the theme, even including color visualizations of Haravi's proposal for a "paradise" garden in the 15th century. The author systematically investigates many questions, especially with regard to structures, such as tents, or thrones in gardens, along with what can be said about the types and arrangements of plants. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. L. Nees University of Delaware
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xix |
| 1 Introduction | p. 1 |
| 2 The Garden and Pavilion in Near Eastern Pre-Islamic Texts, the Qur'an and Persian Poetry | p. 11 |
| 3 The Garden and Pavilion in Persian Art | p. 39 |
| 4 The Garden and Pavilion through the Lens of Travellers and Historians | p. 103 |
| 5 Conclusion | p. 147 |
| Matrix | p. 153 |
| Glossary of Terms | p. 159 |
| Poets, Historians and Travellers | p. 165 |
| Notes | p. 179 |
| Bibliography | p. 207 |
| Index | p. 217 |
