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An egg cup used in the original Denmark Dining Hall at the University of Georgia which opened in 1901.

Dining Hall History

A simple gyotaku print made with modern materials.

The original architecture of the dining hall.

This folio surrounds a scene in which a diliqan/dihqaii (landlord) who invites a city dweller into his garden. The orchard is described as “adorned like the garden of paradise”, with rich grapevines and trees bearing apples, pears, and pomegranates.…

There is contrast within the illustration between the four youths enjoying themselves in the pavilion, a common image in Persian painting associated with the idea of the garden as paradise.

Below the garden scene at the gate, a gardener gives some grapes to a beggar on the street as an act of charity, a striking contrast to the violent actions of the city dweller.