The Japanese garden /
An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden. The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden des...
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Phaidon Press,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden. The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden designer Sophie Walker brings fresh insight to this subject, exploring the Japanese garden in detail through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial gardens and contemporary Zen designs. Leading artists, architects, and other cultural practiti |
Carrier Form: | 303 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 297) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780714874777 0714874779 |
Index Number: | SB458 |
CLC: | TU986.631.3 |
Call Number: | TU986.631.3/W184 |
Contents: |
Introduction : The nature of the garden -- Beauty, terror and power -- The way, body and mind -- The gardens of Kyoto / Expanded understanding -- Duality and reflection -- Even the moon borrows its light from the sun / Mitate : a leap of imagination / The hidden, implied and imagined -- The geometry of nature / Zen challenge : the unenterable garden -- Time, space and the dry garden -- Limitless space / Void, silence and transition / Death, tea and the garden -- Inner space |