Landscape and authority in the early modern world / edited by Stephen H. Whiteman.
"In Landscape and Authority in the Early Modern World, contributors explore the role of landscape in the articulation and expression of imperial identity and the mediation of relationships between the court and its many audiences in the early modern world. Nine focused studies from East andSout...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Penn studies in landscape architecture.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "In Landscape and Authority in the Early Modern World, contributors explore the role of landscape in the articulation and expression of imperial identity and the mediation of relationships between the court and its many audiences in the early modern world. Nine focused studies from East andSouth Asia, the Islamic world, and Europe illuminate how early modern courts and societies shaped, and were shaped by, the landscape, including both physical sites, such as gardens, palaces, cities and hunting parks, and conceptual ones, such as those of frontiers, idealized polities, and the cosmos"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1512823597 9781512823592 |