November 3, 2015 – Dr. Dede Fairchild Ruggles

Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Sound and Scent in the Andalusian Garden

TUE. NOV. 3, 2015
4:30 PM | RECEPTION
5:00 PM | LECTURE
FREE ADMISSION
Bryn Mawr College
Goodhart Hall, Music Rm
150 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr
INFO
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Co-presented by Bryn Mawr College’s Middle East Studies Program and Arabic Program

Islamic gardens were richly sensory environments: the poets tell us so, the manuscript paintings show us, and our own encounters with modern gardens remind us of these pleasures.

Dr. Ruggles will discuss the Andalusian Garden as she tries to answer the question: how do we study the sensory experiences of the past, given that the ephemeral effects of scented flowers and fleeting sounds leave so few traces?

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