Cá estou eu de novo!!!
Em primeiro lugar, as minhas desculpas pela "ausência", mas nem sempre o tempo dá para tudo o que queremos fazer, e de repente damos conta que algo ficou um pouquinho para trás...foi sem intenção e tentarei não tornar a fazê-lo...grata pela compreensão.
Bom, posto isto, estou de volta!!
E desta vez quero começar pelo princípio:
Todos os paisagistas começam a sua formação pela análise da paisagem e pela história do jardim, enquanto espaço de lazer jardinado.
E começando por este último, quero muito falar-vos do Chahar Bagh.
E agora a maioria de vocês está a pensar "passou-se, vai falar em árabe!!!"
Nada disso!
Vamos lá então conversar um pouco acerca da origem dos jardins.
A palavra inglesa Paradise (traduzida para português como paraíso) teve origem na antiga palavra persa pairidaeza ("pairi" = em redor e "daeza" = parede) e significava jardim murado. Esta designação aparece referenciada na Pérsia (hoje conhecida como Irão) já em 401 A.C.
A palavra paraíso entrou assim na linguagem ocidental para designar um jardim murado, ao estilo persa, com bosquetes de árvores e arbustos - como se se tratasse, do jardim ideal e eterno.
O Jardim do Paraíso era na sua essência, um espaço geométrico, quadrangular, rodeado por muros, atravessado por quatro canais de água que simbolizavam os quatro rios da vida e contendo (teoricamente) todos os frutos da terra (Jellicoe, 2004).
A esta tipologia foi dado o nome de Chahar Bagh. (confesso que ADORO!! dizer esta palavra...)
A palavra em si significa "quatro jardins" e aplica-se sempre que estamos perante um jardim dividido em espaços mais pequenos. Cada um destes espaços é designado de chenar e funciona como canteiro. Na interseção entre os quatro rios da vida podemos encontrar a chabutra - um pavilhão, um tanque de água ou um túmulo (como no caso do Taj Mahal).
Cada um dos elementos anteriores aparece sempre numa posição superior aos canais de água e no caso do tanque de água, este funciona como uma fonte de distribuição dessa mesma água.
Curioso mesmo é que os tradicionais tapetes persas são representações deste tipo de jardim, com a sua profusão de cores e plantas, nomeadamente árvores de fruto e flores (onde se destacam as rosas, muito apreciadas pelos persas, nomeadamente na culinária). Outro elemento presente nestes tapetes e nos jardins persas, era a Árvore da Lua, desenhada como uma conífera (possivelmente um cipreste) e que simbolizava a imortalidade.
A água assume um papel fundamental no Jardim do Paraíso, uma vez que nas regiões áridas e desérticas da antiga Pérsia esta era a única forma de manter vivos e verdejantes estes "pequenos oásis".
O Chahar Bagh teve as suas origens nos espaços cultivados do oásis, sendo essencialmente um espaço agrícola, que se transformou num espaço de lazer e contemplação, sendo precursor dos Jardins Islâmicos e dos Jardins Mughal, na Índia.
Ainda hoje esta tipologia serve como fonte de inspiração na conceção de jardins, devido à sua forma ortogonal e regular e aos princípios a ela associados, que são intemporais.
E agora, ficaram a adorar tanto como eu, este pedaço de história?
Prometo que trarei mais post acerca da história dos jardins, temática que me é muito querida.
Por hoje é tudo e aproveito para vos desejar uma boa noite de S. Pedro!!!!
Cuca
Fico à espera do seu comentário!!! Feel free...
Here I am again!
Firstly, my apologies for the "absence", but there is not always time enough for everything we want to do, and suddenly we realize that something was a little behind ... was unintentional and I'll try not to do so ... thank you for your understanding.Well, this said, I'm back!
And this time I want to start at the beginning:
All landscapers begin their training by analyzing the landscape and the history of the garden, as an area of landscaped leisure.
And beginning with this last one, I really want to talk about the Chahar Bagh.Now most of you are thinking "she snapped and she'll speak Arabic!"
None of that!
Let´s talk a little about the origin of the gardens.
The English word Paradise originated in ancient Persian word pairidaeza ("Pairi" = around and "daeza" = wall) and meant walled garden. This designation appears referenced in Persia (now called Iran) as early as 401 BC.The word paradise just entered the western language to designate a walled garden, Persian style, with clumps of trees and bushes garden - as if it were, the ideal and eternal garden. The Paradise Garden was in it´s essence, a geometric space, square, surrounded by walls, crossed by four channels of water that symbolize the four rivers of life and containing (theoretically) all the fruits of the earth (Jellicoe, 2004).
To this typology was given the name of Chahar Bagh. (I confess that I ADORE saying this word ...)
The word itself means "four gardens" and applies whenever we have a garden divided into smaller spaces. Each of these spaces is designated chenar and works like a raised bed. At the intersection between the four rivers of life we can find chabutra - a pavilion, a water tank or a tomb (as in the case of the Taj Mahal).
Each of the above elements always appear in a higher position to waterways and in the case of the water tank, it functions as a distribution source of that water.
And this time I want to start at the beginning:
All landscapers begin their training by analyzing the landscape and the history of the garden, as an area of landscaped leisure.
And beginning with this last one, I really want to talk about the Chahar Bagh.Now most of you are thinking "she snapped and she'll speak Arabic!"
None of that!
Let´s talk a little about the origin of the gardens.
The English word Paradise originated in ancient Persian word pairidaeza ("Pairi" = around and "daeza" = wall) and meant walled garden. This designation appears referenced in Persia (now called Iran) as early as 401 BC.The word paradise just entered the western language to designate a walled garden, Persian style, with clumps of trees and bushes garden - as if it were, the ideal and eternal garden. The Paradise Garden was in it´s essence, a geometric space, square, surrounded by walls, crossed by four channels of water that symbolize the four rivers of life and containing (theoretically) all the fruits of the earth (Jellicoe, 2004).
To this typology was given the name of Chahar Bagh. (I confess that I ADORE saying this word ...)
The word itself means "four gardens" and applies whenever we have a garden divided into smaller spaces. Each of these spaces is designated chenar and works like a raised bed. At the intersection between the four rivers of life we can find chabutra - a pavilion, a water tank or a tomb (as in the case of the Taj Mahal).
Each of the above elements always appear in a higher position to waterways and in the case of the water tank, it functions as a distribution source of that water.
Curious it 's that traditional Persian rugs are representations of this type of garden, with its profusion of colors and plants, including fruit trees and flowers (which features roses, much appreciated by the Persians, especially in cooking). Another elemento presente in these rugs and Persian gardens, was the Moon Tree, designed as a conifer (possibly cypress) and which symbolized immortality. Water plays a key role in the Paradise Garden, since in arid and desert regions of ancient Persia it was the only way to maintain alive and verdant these "little oasis".
The Chahar Bagh had its origins in the cultivated areas of the oasis, being essentially an agricultural area, which became a place of leisure and contemplation, being a precursor of Islamic Gardens and the Mughal Gardens in India.
Even today, this typology serves as a source of inspiration in the design of gardens, due to its orthogonal and regular basis and it´s associated principles, that are timeless.
And now, do you love this piece of history as much as I do?
I promise I will bring more post about the history of the gardens, a theme that is so dear to me.
This is all for today and I take the opportunity to wish you a good St. Peter's night!!
Cuca
I'm waiting for your comments! Feel free ...
The Chahar Bagh had its origins in the cultivated areas of the oasis, being essentially an agricultural area, which became a place of leisure and contemplation, being a precursor of Islamic Gardens and the Mughal Gardens in India.
Even today, this typology serves as a source of inspiration in the design of gardens, due to its orthogonal and regular basis and it´s associated principles, that are timeless.
And now, do you love this piece of history as much as I do?
I promise I will bring more post about the history of the gardens, a theme that is so dear to me.
This is all for today and I take the opportunity to wish you a good St. Peter's night!!
Cuca
I'm waiting for your comments! Feel free ...
