Elizabeth Moynihan

Elizabeth Moynihan Elizabeth Therese Brennan Moynihan (née Brennan, September 19, 1929 – November 7, 2023) was an American historian, author, and trustee of several educational and cultural institutions. She married Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1955 and eventually managed three of his four political campaigns for the United States Senate. Quotes Babur is credited with introducing into India the paradise garden traditionally used by the Timurid dynasty Timurids as elegant camping groounds. ... Not merely settings for occasional enjoyment, gardens were Babur's preferred residence just as they were for his ancestor Timur (Tamerlane, 1336–1405). The Timurids' inclination for fighting was equaled by their enthusiasm for building, and during the century following Timur's death the forms and ornamenatation of their architecture became ever more refined. The exuberantly tiled, gittering order of Samarkand Samarqand and Herat with their green belts of great Bagh (garden) baghs were Babur's architectural idea. Several of Timur's residential gardens in Samarqand were described by Ruy González de Clavijo Ruy de Gonzales de Clavijo, the Spanish ambassador to Timur's court. ... Large enclosures with fragrant fourfold gardens, coursing water and brimming pools, plantations of trees with colorful pavilions scattered throughout became a Timurid tradition. Fruit trees were planted in profusion, and Donald Wilber, who has writtn with such authority and insight on Persian gardens, relates these Timurid enclosures to the Persian bustan, or orchard. ... The lotus garden palace of Zahir Al-din Muhammad Babur Muqarnas 5 1988 135–152 https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/the-lotus-garden-muqarnas.pdf (quote from p. 135) Paradise as a Garden: In Persia and Mughal India (1979) In the first century b.c., Roman warriors invaded Persia for power and plunder and were captivated by the Persian garden gardens. Following his extended Eastern campaigns, the Roman general, Lucullus, returned to Rome and retired to the great gardens he built in the Persian style. He had an interest in philosophy, wrote a history, and collected a great library, but he was also Lucullus#Final years, 66–57 BC famous for his expensive tastes. His Gardens of Lucullus gardens were so large and costly to build that he was called "Xerxes I Xerxes in a toga" by Qunitus Aelius Tubero (Stoic) Tubero the Stoic when he saw them. ... Lucullus is credited with introducing the peach and the cherry to Europe in these gardens. Paradise as a Garden: In Persia and Mughal India World landscape art & architecture series G. Braziller 1979 9780807609316 28 (168 pages; 1st part of quote; last part of quote) The small and graceful Peach#Description peach tree with its solitary pink blossoms was … acquired from western China with the apricot, often favored for its delicate flowers and heart-shaped leaves. China in turn imported the native Persian vine, cucumber, onion, saffron, and jasmine and began cultivation of alfalfa. Called Medice by the Greeks for the lush valleys of Media (region) Media where it grew wild, alfalfa was first introduced to Greece when the Persians under Darius the Great Darius I carried it there as fodder. p. 29 The Taj Mahal is an unforgettable visual experience. With every change of light there appear subtle variations in the hue of the luminous marble; at times it appears to be a vision. p. 131 External links Elizabeth Moynihan 1929-2023, Founding Trustee Leon Levy Foundation https://www.leonlevyfoundation.org/team-member/elizabeth-moynihan-founding-trustee-2/ Elizabeth Moynihan Collection National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution https://asia.si.edu/research/archives/search/ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2013-06/ Category:1929 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Authors from Massachusetts Category:Historians from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women born in the 1920s