Rivers of Paradise : Water in Islamic Art and Culture (9780300158991)

For millennia the collection, distribution and symbolism of water have played pivotal roles in the lands where Islam has flourished. This book is the first to address this important subject. A diverse spectrum of scholars covers a wide range of topics: from the revelation of Islam in the seventh century to today's conservation and development issues, from watering oases in the Moroccan desert to the flooded plains of Bengal. Copiously illustrated with beautiful colour photographs and newly drawn plans and maps, this book will provoke readers to appreciate and acknowledge the essential, if often invisible and transitory, roles that water played in the arts of the Islamic lands and beyond.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 384 pages
• Dimensions 229 x 290 x 32.26mm | 2,317.86g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2009
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication City/Country United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 30 black-&-white illustrations + 205 colour images
• ISBN10 0300158998
• ISBN13 9780300158991
• Bestsellers rank 1,150,537

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