TY - JOUR
T1 - Gardens of the nineteenth-century imperial palaces in istanbul
AU - Seçkin, Yasin Çağatay
PY - 2003/3/1
Y1 - 2003/3/1
N2 - With respect to Turkish garden art, there is a presurnption that a nation that has used floral patterns in almost all of its decoration, with many different delicate examples in every possible material, has all but ignored gardens which develop and nourish the nation itself.1 However, as a result of widespread travelling, the concept of ‘nature’ for a Turk was vast and limitless, and the garden was for a long time not perceived in defined limits but rather at the scale of plains, rivers and mountains2.
AB - With respect to Turkish garden art, there is a presurnption that a nation that has used floral patterns in almost all of its decoration, with many different delicate examples in every possible material, has all but ignored gardens which develop and nourish the nation itself.1 However, as a result of widespread travelling, the concept of ‘nature’ for a Turk was vast and limitless, and the garden was for a long time not perceived in defined limits but rather at the scale of plains, rivers and mountains2.
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U2 - 10.1080/14601176.2003.10435282
DO - 10.1080/14601176.2003.10435282
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67649317281
SN - 1460-1176
VL - 23
SP - 72
EP - 86
JO - Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
JF - Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
IS - 1
ER -