Main entry:

Kuitert, Wybe.

Title & Author:

Themes in the history of Japanese garden art / Wybe Kuitert.

Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2002.

Description:

xviii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Originally published: 1st ed. Themes, scenes, and taste in the history of Japanese garden art. Amsterdam : J.C. Gieben, 1988. (Japonica Neerlandica ; v. 3).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.
Ch. 1. The Heian Period: Gardens and Aristocrats -- Ch. 2. Palace Gardens -- Ch. 3. Temple Gardens -- Ch. 4. Nobles and Their Nature: Beginnings of a Garden Theory -- Ch. 5. Medieval Garden Art in Historical Context -- Ch. 6. Landscape as Art: Song China -- Ch. 7. Early Zen in Japan -- Ch. 8. The Early Medieval Chinese Inspiration -- Ch. 9. The Small Scenic Garden in Late Medieval Times -- Ch. 10. Small Scenic Gardens: Four Examples -- Ch. 11. Late Medieval Garden Making -- Ch. 12. Interpretation -- Ch. 13. The Sixteenth Century: Beginnings of the Romantic View of Nature -- Ch. 14. The Turn of the Century: Origins of Modern Garden Art -- Ch. 15. The Early Seventeenth Century: Origins of the Modern Appreciation -- Ch. 16. A Modern Approach to Garden Design -- Ch. 17. Taste: An Interpretation.

Summary:

"This volume delves into questions of beauty and ideas of nature expressed in the visual and literary arts of Japan as well as notions of taste and creativity in garden making. It goes beyond the popular understanding of Japanese gardens and locates them in a larger social and cultural context, revealing not only how gardeners conceived their works but also how gardens functioned during key periods in classical, medieval, and early modern Japanese history." "Revised and updated, Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art presents new interpretations of the evolution of Japanese garden art. Its depth and much-needed emphasis on a practical context for garden creation will appeal to art and literary historians as well as scholars, students, and appreciators of garden and landscape art, Asian and Western."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0824823125 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780824823122 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens, Japanese.
Gardens, Japanese History.
Jardins japonais.
Jardins japonais Histoire.
21.74 landscape architecture and garden design.
Tuinarchitectuur.
Tuinen.

Form/genre:

History.
History (form)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223662
Call No.: SB458 .K8 2002
Status: Available