JSAH Book Review of “Mohammad Gharipour, ed. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires: Encounters and Confluences, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017, 272 pp., 55 color and 67 b/w illus., $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780271077796” J SAH 79.1 (March 2020),107-109.

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Book Review| March 01 2020 Review: Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires: Encounters and Confluences, edited by Mohammad Gharipour Mohammad Gharipour, ed. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires: Encounters and ConfluencesUniversity Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017, 272 pp., 55 color and 67 b/w illus. $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780271077796 B. Deniz Çaliş Kural B. Deniz Çaliş Kural Istanbul Bilgi University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2020) 79 (1): 107–109. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.1.107 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation B. Deniz Çaliş Kural; Review: Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires: Encounters and Confluences, edited by Mohammad Gharipour. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 2020; 79 (1): 107–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.1.107 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search This edited volume from Mohammad Gharipour presents research on cross-cultural influences in garden design between Renaissance-era Europe and three Islamic empires: Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman. It begins with a prologue by D. Fairchild Ruggles that summarizes relevant work on Islamic garden traditions, including themes of poetry and metaphor, form and typology, agricultural production, environmental concerns, and gardens as agents for cultural production. The book concludes with an epilogue in which Anatole Tchikine asks whether the term “global Renaissance” allows for new perspectives on the study and comparative understanding of gardens produced by European and Islamic rulers. Between prologue and epilogue are eight essays. In comparison to Renaissance gardens of Italy, France, England, and Portugal, two of the essays explore Ottoman gardens, four look at Mughal gardens, one examines the Safavid gardens established by Shah Abbas in and around the city of Isfahan, and another considers varied gardens of Islamic geography.... You do not currently have access to this content.