The Islamic Garden as Sacred Art

• LocationYorkshire
• Type
• Salary
• Artformcombined arts, interdisciplinary arts, museums, photography, music
• ContactFozia Parveen islamic-art@york.ac.uk

Description

“The Islamic Garden as Sacred Art and as an Opportunity for Bridge-building between Cultures”

with Dr Emma Clark (The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts)

on Thursday 9th March 2017

Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul Building, University of York (Heslington)

6:30pm - 8:00pm 

Entry is by free ticket only available at http://ift.tt/2e03rbh

The Islamic garden was born out of what might be termed a divine meeting-place between four factors, the first three ‘horizontal’, earthly factors brought together and given new life by the fourth, vertical, transcendent one.”

This talk is an introduction to the concept of the Islamic garden as sacred art with a brief definition of sacred art first of all, followed by a definition of an Islamic garden and finally how its design and spiritual significance may contribute to inter-faith dialogue today.

The talk will not only look at the main elements of the traditional Islamic garden, mainly the chahar-bagh type, but will also examine the universal and timeless principles underlying it.  It will observe how these principles may be applied in the construction of Islamic gardens today, in northern Europe as well as in the Islamic world. If created with the right intention, with knowledge, understanding and sensitivity and encompassing a gentle educational aspect, such gardens may offer opportunities towards ‘building bridges’ between communities. The lecture will refer to the design of the garden for the planned new Mosque in Cambridge, England.  

Emma Clark is a garden designer specialising in Islamic gardens and gardens of other sacred traditions. She is Senior Tutor on the Masters Programme at The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London. She has published two books on Islamic gardens: The Art of the Islamic Garden (new edition 2010), and a monograph, 'Underneath Which Rivers Flow', The Symbolism of the Islamic Garden, (1996) as well as many articles on Islamic art and architecture, gardens and the garden carpet.

Entry is by free ticket only available at http://ift.tt/2e03rbh

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The Islamic Garden as Sacred Art