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The Paradiesgärtlein (Garden of Paradise) is a panel painting created around 1410 by an unknown painter referred to as Upper Rhenish Master. It belongs to the Mary in the rose bower type. The Paradiesgärtlein is one of the earliest paintings to naturalistically depict flora and fauna.
The historic Paradise Valley Methodist Church was built in 1960 and is located at 4455 East Lincoln Road. The church's chapel with its stained glass window was built in 1964. Both are featured in the "Valley of the Sun", television program about Phoenix and its surrounding areas in the 1960s. [7]
The garden is a symbolic allusion to a phrase in the Song of Songs (4:12): 'A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse'. Working some two hundred years after Albertus, the Upper Rhenish Master realizes a painting that is designed for the pleasure of spectators, but is also intended to be the vector of spiritual benefits.
Howard Finster (December 2, 1916 – October 22, 2001) was an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia.He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Garden, a folk art sculpture garden with over 46,000 pieces of art.
Paradise Valley is a desert and mountain town in Arizona east of state capital Phoenix, of which it is a suburb. The town is known for its golf courses, shopping, real estate, and restaurant scene. [ 5 ]
Currently it means 'garden' as in horticulture. 'The "Mary Garden" (Paradiesgärtlein) by an unknown Rhenish master in the early 15th century is at once an exemplary hortus conclusus and a telling record of late medieval gardening practices.' – The Garden: Visions of Paradise. Excerpted from the caption for the painting found on pp. 40–41 ...
Cosanti. Cosanti is the gallery and studio of Italian-American architect Paolo Soleri, serving as his residence until his death in 2013.Located in Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S., it is open to the public.
The current Paradise Garden is both a restoration and expansion of Howard Finster's vision. Art Place America and the Educational Foundation of America have been major benefactors. The site is managed by the Paradise Garden Foundation and is staffed by hired professionals and a large body of volunteers. It is open to the public for self-guided ...