Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Preface: The Renaissance in the Global Context xiii
5. Acknowledgments xx
6. GARDENS OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE AND THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES
7. 1 Prologue: Paradigm Problems 1
8. 2 Embracing the Other: 11
9. 3 Staging the Civilizing Elements in the Gardens of Rome and Istanbul 31
10. 4 The Art of Garden Design in France: Influences at the Time of the “Scandalous Alliance?” 57
11. 5 “For Beauty, and Air, and View”: 81
12. 6 The Gardens of Safavid Isfahan and Renaissance Italy: 101
13. 7 “Elysian Fields Such as the Poets Dreamed Of ”: 135
14. 8 Garden Encounters: 155
15. 9 Carved Pools, Rock-Cut Elephants, Inscriptions, and Tree Columns: 185
16. 10 Epilogue: Italian Renaissance Gardens and the Middle East; 213
17. List of Contributors 233
18. Index 237