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Series
Criterion collection volume 425
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
"Everything comes from the great book of Nature; human attainments are an already printed book." -- Gaudi, end title screen. The Catalan architect, ceramist, and sculptor united Neo-Gothic mysticism and grandeur with Art Nouveau lines, combined with a surreal apprehension of the power of nature. Less of a documentary than a tribute, Teshigahara's film becomes a place to get lost, a radically hypnotic travelogue that's completely symbiotic with its...
Author
Physical Desc
xvi, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Islamic gardens, with their waterways and beds of plants and trees, are generally regarded as an earthly reflection of paradise. D. Fairchild Ruggles offers a different interpretation, contending that the palace garden was primarily an environmental, economic and political construct. She discusses three aspects of medieval Islamic Spain: the landscape and agricultural transformation documented in Arabic scientific literature, the formation of the...
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