D. Fairchild Ruggles is Professor and the Debra L. Mitchell Chair in Landscape History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of Gardens, Landscape, and Vision in the Palaces of Islamic Spain.
8 Ebooks por D. Fairchild Ruggles
Helaine Silverman & D. Fairchild Ruggles: Cultural Heritage and Human Rights
In today’s world, there seems to be no corner of the world that has not been affected by globalization – for good and for bad. While the world becomes more hegemonized socially and culturally, local …
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D. Fairchild Ruggles: Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
Western admirers have long seen the Islamic garden as an earthly reflection of the paradise said to await the faithful. However, such simplification, Ruggles contends, denies the sophistication and d …
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D. Fairchild Ruggles & Helaine Silverman: Intangible Heritage Embodied
Archaeological research has long focused on studying tangible artifacts to build a picture of the cultures it examines. Equally important to understanding a culture, however, are the intangible eleme …
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D. Fairchild Ruggles: On Location
On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites merges the material and the social perspectives of preservation and historical interpretation in urban landscapes. The essays in this volume focus on …
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D. Fairchild Ruggles: Tree of Pearls
Shajar al-Durr–known as "Tree of Pearls"–began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manum …
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D. Fairchild Ruggles: Tree of Pearls
Shajar al-Durr–known as "Tree of Pearls"–began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manum …
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€24.60
Dianne Harris & D. Fairchild Ruggles: Sites Unseen
<i>Sites Unseen</i> challenges conventions for viewing and interpreting the landscape, using visual theory to move beyond traditional practices of describing and classifying objects to ex …
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€54.99
Antoinette Burton & Mary-Ann Winkelmes: Illinois Sampler
An Illinois Sampler presents personal accounts from faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and other contributors about their research and how it enriches and energizes the …
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