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020			_a0300158998 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780300158991 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn317471939
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082	0	4	_a700.91767 _222 _bRIV
245	0	0	_aRivers of Paradise : _bwater in Islamic art and culture / _cedited by Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom.
246	3	0	_aWater in Islamic art and culture
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press ; _a[Doha, Qatar] : _bIn association with Qatar Foundation ; _a[Richmond, Va.] : _bVirginia Commonwealth University ; _a[Doha, Qatar] : _bVirginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, _c[2009]
264		1	_cc2009
300			_a364 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; _c30 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_a"The following essays are the written record of the second biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture, held at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts in Doha, Qatar (VCUQatar), from 4 to 6 November 2007"--Introd.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aForeword / Richard E. Toscan -- Introduction / Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom -- Gardens beneath which rivers flow : the significance of water in classical Islamic culture / Carole Hillenbrand -- Control and abandon : images of water in Arabic poetry and gardens / Yasser Tabbaa -- From the heavens and hills : the flow of water to the fruited trees and ablution fountains in the Great Mosque of C�ordoba / D. Fairchild Ruggles -- Sip, dip, and pour : toward a typology of water vessels in Islamic art / Linda Komaroff -- Stones to bring rain? : magical inscriptions in linear Kufic on rock crystal amulet-seals / Venetia Porter -- Charity and piety : Sabil-Kuttabs and the conception of water during the Mamluk period / Howayda al-Harithy -- Art, infrastructure, and devotion : Ottoman water architecture / Walter Denny -- Water on the ground : water systems in two Ottoman Greek port cities / Marcus Milwright and Evanthia Baboula -- Drinking-water as message : the sabil of Muhammad 'ali Pasha in Cairo / Agnieszka Dobrowolska -- Far from the desert : water traditions in the South Asian landscape / Catherine B. Asher -- Paradise flooded : water and architecture in Bangladesh / Perween Hasan -- Landscape and hardscape : historical problems and contemporary solutions to the scarcity of water in the Islamic world / Mohammad al-Asad.
650		7	_aWater in art _vCongresses. _923014 _2BUEsh
650		7	_aIslamic arts _vCongresses. _923015 _2BUEsh
650		7	_aWater and architecture _zIslamic countries _vCongresses. _923016 _2BUEsh
650		7	_aWater and civilization _vCongresses. _923017 _2BUEsh
651			_2BUEsh
653			_cApril2011 _bENGARC
655			_vReading book _934232
700	1		_aBlair, Sheila, _eeditor. _923018
700	1		_aBloom, Jonathan _q(Jonathan M.) _eeditor. _923019
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999			_c15103 _d15103