The Chinese Idea Of A Garden
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The Chinese Idea Of A Garden
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Author : Florence Wheelock Ayscough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Chinese Idea Of A Garden written by Florence Wheelock Ayscough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Gardens categories.
A Jesuit Garden In Beijing And Early Modern Chinese Culture
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Author : Hui Zou
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
A Jesuit Garden In Beijing And Early Modern Chinese Culture written by Hui Zou and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
In this volume, Hui Zou analyzes historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yuanming Yuan complex in Beijing, constructed during the Qing dynasty. Designed and built in the late eighteenth century by Italian and French Jesuits, the garden described in this book was a wonderland of multistoried buildings, fountains, labyrinths, and geometrical hills. It even included an open-air theater. Through detailed examination of historical literature and representations, Zou analyzes the ways in which the Jesuits accommodated their design within the Chinese cultural context. He shows how an especially important element of their approach was the application of a linear perspective—the "line-method"—to create the jing, the Chinese concept of the bounded bright view of a garden scene. Hui Zou's book demonstrates how Jesuit metaphysics fused with Chinese cosmology and broadens our understanding of cultural and religious encounters in early Chinese modernity. It presents an intriguing reflection on the interaction between Western metaphysics and the poetical tradition of Chinese culture. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students in a variety of fields, including literature, philosophy, architecture, landscape and urban studies, and East-West comparative cultural studies.
Fruitful Sites
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Author : Craig Clunas
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2013-06-01
Fruitful Sites written by Craig Clunas and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with History categories.
Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources, this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369–1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day. Who owned gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words, in paintings and in visual culture generally, and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, Craig Clunas provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture, and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the garden's role in social life.
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
Seeds Of A Different Eden
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Author : Yu Liu
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2008
Seeds Of A Different Eden written by Yu Liu and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Gardening categories.
Seeds of a Different Eden is a pathbreaking multidisciplinary study of the influence of Chinese gardening concepts on the English landscaping revolution of the early eighteenth century and the resulting germination of new theories of beauty and art, which took form in the works of Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and Lord Shaftesbury and culminated in the aesthetic revolution of Immanuel Kant.
Ideas Of Chinese Gardens
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Author : Bianca Maria Rinaldi
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-01-08
Ideas Of Chinese Gardens written by Bianca Maria Rinaldi 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 2016-01-08 with Architecture categories.
An annotated collection of essential texts written by European observers from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Ideas of Chinese Gardens chronicles the evolution of Western perceptions of gardens of China, from curiosity to admiration and ultimately to rejection, echoing the changes in European attitudes toward China.
The Craft Of Gardens
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Author : Ji Cheng
language : en
Publisher: Shanghai Press
Release Date : 2012-04-10
The Craft Of Gardens written by Ji Cheng and has been published by Shanghai Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with Gardening categories.
With dozens of stunning photographs, this modern translation of a Classic text is a masterpiece of classical Chinese gardening. Ji Cheng's great work on garden design, the Yuan Ye or Craft of Gardens, was originally published around 1631 and is the earliest manual of landscape gardening in the Chinese tradition. This is the first complete English translation of Ji Cheng's seminal work. This Chinese gardening book is based on J Cheng's notes and experiences from his career as a garden designer, which he discusses at some length in his introduction> Since architecture is an integral part of the Chinese garden, much of the book is taken up with the design of different types of buildings and the integration of architecture with nature in the garden. Ji Cheng explains the religious and aesthetic principles underlying garden design and the appropriate emotional response to various effects. he then offers a down-to-earth series of instructions about the requirements of different types of sites, building layouts, architectural features, paving, the construction of artificial mountains, selection of rocks, and the use of natural scenery. This delightful book provides not only insights into Chinese gardening but also a unique perspective on Chinese culture and society in the late Ming dynasty. Full notes by the translator explain obscure points and introduce relevant aspects of Chinese culture, while an introduction by Maggie Keswick sets the book firmly in its historical context. Illustrations include not only Ji Cheng's original diagrams but also historical paintings and contemporary photographs of a number of outstanding gardens in the part of East China where Ji Cheng lived and worked.
Garden History A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Gordon Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-15
Garden History A Very Short Introduction written by Gordon Campbell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-15 with Gardening categories.
Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this Very Short Introduction, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the adaptive spirit of human innovation. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Chinese Scholar S Garden In France
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Author : Margaret Fairgrieve Milanick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Chinese Scholar S Garden In France written by Margaret Fairgrieve Milanick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic dissertations categories.
Moulin Joli was a garden composed from 1754 to 1772 by Claude-Henri Watelet on three islands and the banks of the Seine northwest of Paris. Designed to facilitate a more intimate relationship with nature in order to stir the emotions and the mind, this important connection formed a theoretical basis for a new garden style, the picturesque, different from the French formal style of the preceding century. In 1774, Watelet published Essai sur les jardins in which he discusses his philosophy about gardens and describes Moulin Joli. Included is a chapter on "The Chinese Garden," a description of a Scholar's garden. However, the style of Moulin Joli was not created based on chinoiserie, the use of Chinese motifs and techniques to create merely pleasing visual effects. Its creation was based on Chinese ideas filtered through Watelet's lens. Therefore, this thesis will investigate Watlelet's description of Moulin Joli as a cultural landscape and interpret it to decipher how cultural change brought on by two circumstances within France contributed to Watelet's development of the picturesque garden. One was the introduction of Chinese philosophy, theory and art, and the other was the economic, political, and financial problems in France, which made many within the educated classes open to these ideas. Poetry and literature interjected a cultural vision in both Moulin Joli and the Scholar's garden. Moulin Joli conveyed Enlightenment ideas, the Scholar's garden ideas about Chinese tradition and history. My work suggests that in many ways both gardens are similar but the French and Chinese had different cultural purposes for creating gardens.
The Chinese Garden
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Author : Rosemary Manning
language : en
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Release Date : 2000
The Chinese Garden written by Rosemary Manning and has been published by Feminist Press at CUNY this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
Patricia Juliana Smith teaches English at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is the author of Lesbian Panic: Homoeroticism in Modern British Women's Fiction.