{"product_id":"the-persian-garden-echoes-of-paradise-9780934211468","title":"The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than three thousand years  the Persian garden has been a focus of Irans national imagination  influencing its art  literature  and even religion. The Persian gardens inspirational role has  however  extended far beyond the land of its origin; its precepts have exerted a profound influence on garden design around the world. The Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise chronicles the history of the Persian garden  from the magnificent sanctuaries and hunting parks of fifth-century b.c. Persepolis to the magical nightingale gardens of nineteenth-century Tehran. All were seen as a kind of earthly paradise (the English word paradise has its roots in the old Persian word pairi-daeza meaning a walled space). To an astonishing extent  that vision seems justified. This book was meticulously researched and created over a period of six years in  Paris  Tehran and Washington by photographer  Mehdi Khansari and architect Minouch Yavari  together with the renowned Persian architect and architectural historian Reza Moghtader. It explains the philosophy behind Persian garden design and offers an authoritative account of its developmentintroducing new historical material in the process. This extraordinary story is enhanced by vivid descriptions of Persian gardens as seen through the eyes of travelers to Iran during the past five hundred years. Over 240 illustrations in full color  complement the text. They include magnificent color photographs  old plates and engravings  as well as exquisite architectural renderings and plans of the sites and the gardens. A selection of the finest Persian garden-carpets  textiles  miniature paintings  stone reliefs  painted tiles  pottery  and poetry  augment the readers experience of an ancient art form that for centuries has sought to meld the physical and the spiritual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651825426485,"sku":"ByrdShop_0934211469","price":566.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780934211468.jpg?v=1781841342","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-persian-garden-echoes-of-paradise-9780934211468","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}