The gardens of China : history, art, and meanings = [Chung-hua yüan lin] / Edwin T. Morris.

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Morris, Edwin T.

Title & Author:

The gardens of China : history, art, and meanings = [Chung-hua yüan lin] / Edwin T. Morris.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
The setting -- The philosophy of China -- The garden of the poet and painter: the aesthetic tradition -- The garden of the scholar: principles and elements of design -- The famous gardens of the south -- The famous gardens of the north -- Water and rock/lakes and mountains -- The garden plants: what they were and what they meant -- Architecture: from the very great to the very small -- A tradition expands -- Gardens in contemporary China -- Is the Chinese garden for us?

ISBN:

0684179598
9780684179599

Subject:

Gardens, Chinese.
Gardens China.
Jardins chinois.
Jardins Chine.
Chinese gardens.
Gardens
Gartenkunst
Garten
Tuinarchitectuur.
China

Added entries:

Chung-hua yüan lin.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 1019
Call No.: PO8827; ID:87-B19139
Status: Available

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