Rest and Repose

Mughal Civilization to Glorious Revolution

Qutb Minar - Delhi

Marks the shift from Hinduism to Islamic rule

Timur

Emperor of the Mongol Empire

Gur-e-Amir, Samarkand

Tomb of Timur is placed here

Blue Tiles of Gur-e-Amir come from…

Persian Influence

Agra

First Capital City of Mughal Empire

Delhi

Second Capital City of Mughal Empire

Babur

Founder&First Emperor of Mughal Empire

Akbar

Best Emperor of Mughal Empire

Capital City for Akbar Emperor

Fatehpur Sikri, Jami Masjid

Characteristic Arch. for Mughal Empire

Red Sandstone

What kind of architecture is the mughal

Is architecture of representation and universal appeal

Humayun

Second Emperor of Mughal Empire

Humayum’s Tomb; Delhi, India.

Nine-fold grid

Char-Bagh

Char-Bagh

Four gardens that are separated by sidewalks and interconnected in a central garden

Akbar Son

Jahangir

Jahangir Tomb Location

Lahore

Material of Jahangir Tomb

Pietra Dura

Pietra Dura

Perfectly smooth polished pieces of marmol used for creating collages

Buland darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri

Taj Mahal, Agra. - By the side of Yamuna River

Built by Jahangir for his favorite queen

Taj Mahal tomb

Taj Mahal, Agra. - Night

Illuminated tomb

The Garden of Paradise

Persian-inspired paradise gardens symbolizing Islamic heaven on Earth, featuring geometric layouts (often four-part), flowing water, lush plants, and enclosed spaces for refuge and reflection, serving as earthly utopias, symbols of power, and places for pleasure and spiritual solace, seen vividly in structures like the Taj Mahal and Shalimar Gardens. 

The importance of the gardens for the mughals come from what civilization influence

Persian

Qanat

Developed by the Persian engineers

Subterrane system of water transportion that goes from distant aquifers

Islamic Inlfuence over Italian Gradens

Norman governors of Sicily were inspired by their predecessors (Byzantine and Islamic Rulers)

Orange and Lemos trees

Fragrant flowers for perfume

Islamic gardens influenced the design of palaces and villas, incorporating elements of nature.

Renaissance gardens borrowed many of these ideas—especially terraces, water, and symmetry—and transformed them into a European architectural language.

Villa Lante, Bagnia, Italy

Char-Bargh

Versailles, France

Louis XIV the absolutist comissioned architects to buildt versailles

Villa Medic, France

Villa Madama, Rome

Stowe Gardens, Buckinghamshire

Ha- Ha

Follies

Ha-Ha

sunken wall or ditch that creates an invisible boundary, keeping animals out of gardens while preserving wide, sweeping views.

Follies

Picturesque, often miniature, fake ruins (temples, towers, hermitages) built in 18th-century English gardens to create romantic, nostalgic scenes or add symbolic meaning. 

Glorious Revolution of England

End of absolutism

Streghtement in the parliament

established constitutional monarchy

assure england not following french model