Mughal Garden

ムガル庭園 / 16th–18th century / Style / Garden Styles

The chahar bagh scaled to empire: stepped water channels and white marble pavilions achieving, at Shalimar and the Taj, the full integration of building and garden.

Stepped water channels / White marble against water / Symmetrical avenues / Tomb and garden unified

Mughal Garden — シャーラマール庭園（CC BY-SA 4.0）Mughal Garden — 水路の段（CC BY-SA 4.0）
シャーラマール庭園（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ 水路の段（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
the Shalamar Gardens / the Taj Mahal's fourfold garden / the staging of water

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