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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keswick, Maggie.

Contributor:

Jencks, Charles.

Hardie, Alison

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens, Chinese--China.

Gardens, Chinese.

China.

Gardens--China.

Gardens.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

Revised / by Alison Hardie.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.

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.

Contents:

Western reactions 16

The origins of gardens 38

Imperial gardens 56

The gardens of the literati 84

The painter's eye 102

Architecture in gardens 128

Rocks and water 168

Flowers, trees and herbs 188

Meanings of the Chinese garden / Charles Jencks 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

0674010868

OCLC:

51304181