Chinese Classical Gardens Of Suzhou
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Chinese Classical Gardens Of Suzhou
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Author : Dunzhen Liu
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Release Date : 1993
Chinese Classical Gardens Of Suzhou written by Dunzhen Liu and has been published by McGraw-Hill Companies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Architecture categories.
You will gain deep insight not only into the art of gardening in China, but into its historical significance within the context of gardening and landscape design worldwide.".
Chinese Classical Gardens Of Suzhou
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Author : Dunzhen Liu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Chinese Classical Gardens Of Suzhou written by Dunzhen Liu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Gardens, Chinese categories.
The Classical Gardens Of Suzhou
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Author : Chaoxiong Feng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Classical Gardens Of Suzhou written by Chaoxiong Feng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Gardens categories.
The Classical Gardens Of China
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Author : Hongxun Yang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Classical Gardens Of China written by Hongxun Yang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Architecture categories.
The Gardens Of Suzhou
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Author : Ron Henderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-12-18
The Gardens Of Suzhou written by Ron Henderson and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-18 with Architecture categories.
Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city's masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries, attract thousands of visitors each year and continue to influence international design. In The Gardens of Suzhou, landscape architect and scholar Ron Henderson guides visitors through seventeen of these gardens. The book explores UNESCO world cultural heritage sites such as the Master of the Nets Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, and Garden of the Peaceful Mind, as well as other lesser-known but equally significant gardens in the Suzhou region. Unlike the acclaimed religious and imperial gardens found elsewhere in Asia, Suzhou's gardens were designed by scholars and intellectuals to be domestic spaces that drew upon China's rich visual and literary tradition, embedding cultural references within the landscapes. The elements of the gardens confront the visitor: rocks, trees, and walls are pushed into the foreground to compress and compact space, as if great hands had gathered a mountainous territory of rocky cliffs, forests, and streams, then squeezed it tightly until the entire region would fit into a small city garden. Henderson's commentary opens Suzhou's gardens, with their literary and musical references, to non-Chinese visitors. Drawing on years of intimate experience and study, he combines the history and spatial organization of each garden with personal insights into their rockeries, architecture, plants, and waters. Fully illustrated with newly drawn plans, maps, and original photographs, The Gardens of Suzhou invites visitors, researchers, and designers to pause and observe astonishing works from one of the world's greatest garden design traditions.
China Showcase Library Class Ical Private Gardens
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Author : PATRICK. WALLACE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-29
China Showcase Library Class Ical Private Gardens written by PATRICK. WALLACE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-29 with categories.
The Great Gardens Of China
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Author : Fang Xiaofeng
language : en
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Release Date : 2010-09-28
The Great Gardens Of China written by Fang Xiaofeng and has been published by The Monacelli Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-28 with Gardening categories.
The garden—a place for refined pleasure and spiritual relaxation—has its roots in ancient China. Western travelers from Marco Polo onward marveled at the intricacy, the elaborate buildings, the subtle design, and the assured use of plants, water, and natural materials in Chinese landscapes. The Great Gardens of China shows, through stunning original photography and cogent text, both the visual splendors of China’s finest gardens and explains their ideas and techniques in accessible terms. Now every gardener, architect, or designer can understand China’s garden heritage and be inspired to use it to dramatic effect. Beginning with an introduction to Chinese beliefs and the historical development of garden design, this book discusses the basic aesthetics and landscaping elements—architecture, rock stacking, waterscapes, plants, borders, and scenic routes—used in Chinese garden design. The author, an expert in the history and theory of Chinese and international gardens, also describes specific gardens, from famed world cultural heritage sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing and the gardens of Suzhou—Lion Grove, Humble Administrator’s, Lingering, and Master-of-Nets Gardens—to the lesser known. The Great Gardens of China serves as a compendium—in text and illustration—of all facets of the Chinese garden. This book allows a total immersion in the enticing art of Chinese classical gardens . . . The book has helped me greatly to understand how Chinese gardens work and how to borrow from them for our own gardens in the West. I believe that Chinese gardens will strongly influence global garden design once their unique versatility is properly understood. —Janet Wheatcroft Craigieburn Garden & Nursery, Scotland
A Cultural History Of Classical Chinese Gardens
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Author : Yi Wang
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2015-03-01
A Cultural History Of Classical Chinese Gardens written by Yi Wang and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-01 with Architecture categories.
Gardens are a type of landscape art created by the hands of human beings. Chinese gardens are not only one of China's traditional cultural treasures, but they are also a unique charm of human cultural heritage.Literati gardens occupy an essential position among Chinese gardens — one of the three major genres of gardens in the world. The reason why literati gardens occupy an important position in classical Chinese gardens, and even in the entire system of traditional Chinese culture and art, lies in their exquisite architecture, exotic flowers and whimsical stones available for the exploration and appreciation of the literati. More significantly, gardens have provided a venue of daily life, academic writings, artistic creation, social gatherings, and other cultural activities for ancient Chinese scholars. Consequently, a wealth of traditional Chinese cultural factors is embedded in the intricate art of landscape architecture. The constant integration and interaction of traditional Chinese culture and gardens have in turn nurtured a unique Chinese garden culture.Chinese gardens are a critical embodiment of Chinese culture, distinctly exemplifying the ancient Chinese patriarchal system, the cosmology, the personality ideal, and other cultural elements. The evolution of the cultural history of Chinese gardens is in harmony with the overall process of the Chinese cultural history.This book describes the major genres, the characteristics, and the formation of classical Chinese gardens — as well as the relationship between classical Chinese gardens and classical Chinese culture and arts — in a more succinct, plain language. The publisher believes that this book will certainly provide the reader with an authentic and comprehensive overview of the Chinese garden culture.Published by SCPG Publishing Corporation and distributed by World Scientific for all markets except China
A Treatise On The Garden Of Jiangnan
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Author : Hongxun Yang
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-08-02
A Treatise On The Garden Of Jiangnan written by Hongxun Yang and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-02 with Social Science categories.
This book presents a study into the art of Jiangnan classical garden. Jiangnan (“the south of the Yangtze River”) refers to the water network region along the lower reaches of the Changjiang River (formerly known as Yangtze River), where Jiangsu Province Chinese gardens were primarily constructed during the 16th and 17th centuries of the later Ming and early Qing dynasties. The Jiangnan garden, an architectural space where artificial and natural elements are combined, represents the elite of classical Chinese gardens and serves as a prime exemplar for its northern counterpart, the Ming and Qing imperial gardens. The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, combining historical information with case studies and other methods. Charts and pictures are used to supplement and reinforce the conclusions drawn from the macro narrative, enhancing the authenticity and readability of the historical monographs. It represents the first study of the classical art of landscape design in China, offering readers an insightful introduction.
The Classical Gardens Of Shanghai
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Author : Shelly Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-01
The Classical Gardens Of Shanghai written by Shelly Bryant and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Architecture categories.
In The Classical Gardens of Shanghai, Shelly Bryant looks at five of Shanghai’s remaining classical gardens through their origins, changing fortunes, restorations, and links to a wider Chinese aesthetic. Shanghai’s classical gardens are as much text as space; they exist in art, poetry, and literature as much as in stone, rock, and earth. But these gardens have not remained static entities. Rather, they have been remodelled constantly since their inception. This book reflects this process within the constancy of traditional Chinese horticulture and reveals Shanghai’s remaining classical gardens as places representing wealth and social status, social and dynastic shifts, through falling family fortunes and political revolutions to search for a recovery of China’s ancient culture in the modern day. “Like a classical Chinese garden, this admirable and beautifully balanced book conjures up wider landscapes from within a small compass. It can be savoured on many levels: poetic and aesthetic no less than scholarly and intellectual. It is the next best thing to being guided through such gardens by Shelly Bryant herself.” —Lynn Pan, author of When True Love Came to China and Shanghai Style