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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
260			_aNew Haven, CT : _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, _cc2009.
300			_a364 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; _c30 cm.
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 Córdoba / 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		0	_aIslamic art _vCongresses _9112592
650		0	_aWater in art _vCongresses. _9112593
650		0	_aWater and architecture _zIslamic countries _vCongresses. _9112595
650		0	_aWater and civilization _vCongresses. _9112597
700	1		_aBlair, Sheila. _9112599
700	1		_aBloom, Jonathan _q(Jonathan M.) _9112600
711	2		_aHamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture _n(2nd : _d2007 : _cDawòhah, Qatar) _9112602
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