The Chinese garden : history, art and architecture / Maggie Keswick ; revised by Alison Hardie ; contributions and conclusion by Charles Jencks.

Main entry:

Keswick, Maggie.

Title & Author:

The Chinese garden : history, art and architecture / Maggie Keswick ; revised by Alison Hardie ; contributions and conclusion by Charles Jencks.

Edition:

Rev. ed. / by Alison Hardie.

Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2003.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238) and index.
Introduction / Alison Hardie -- Western Reactions -- The Origins of Gardens -- Imperial Gardens -- The Gardens of the Literati -- The Painter's Eye -- Architecture in Gardens -- Rocks and Water -- Flowers, Trees and Herbs -- Meanings of the Chinese Garden / Charles Jencks -- List of Gardens Accessible to Visitors in China

Summary:

"When The Chinese Garden was published in 1978, it was the first attempt in any language to explore the meanings that lie behind Chinese gardens. Now thoroughly revised and with new illustrations, it remains a classic of the subject. In a scholarly and accessible way, it traces the Chinese garden back through the earliest records, and explains its influence on, and how it was influenced by, philosophy, painting, architecture and literature. An exploration of Chinese culture, and how this culture manifested itself in the art of garden-making and design, The Chinese Garden provides unique insights into a great civilization and an intimate glimpse of the lives of the artists, scholars, poets and emperors who made it." --BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0674010868
9780674010864

Subject:

Gardens, Chinese China.
Gardens China.
Jardins chinois Chine.
Jardins Chine.
Gardens.
Gardens, Chinese.
China.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Jencks, Charles.
Hardie, Alison.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227890
Call No.: NA44.K425.A35 2003
Status: Available

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