| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
GARDENS (DESCRIPTIONS, HISTORY ETC). The austere, enigmatic rock gardens of Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital, have never ceased to fascinate garden lovers. Weather---beaten rocks set in an expanse of white sand raked into geometric patterns challenge the idea of a garden as a space chiefly dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of plants. How did the taste for this kind of garden arise? What do the stones represent? Why aren't there more flowers?This book sets out to answer questions such as these. It explores the Zen characteristics of these gardens, and discusses the impact Zen Buddhism has had on the Japanese way of looking at the natural world. This book also shows how key traditional concepts, such as that of using the confined space of a garden to create a landscape in miniature, were reinterpreted in Zen temple gardens |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index |
| Notes |
Alex Ramsay is well known as an award-winning photographer of architecture, gardens and landscapes. His work has appeared in leading magazines worldwide and illustrates many books including Helena Attlee's Italian Gardens: A Cultural History and Gardens of Wales. Yoko Kawaguchi was born in Tokyo and educated in the United States, Canada and Japan. She is the author of Serene Gardens: Creating Japanese Design and Detail in the Western Garden, she lectures on Japanese garden history, and has appeared on the BBC World Service |
| Subject |
Gardens, Japanese -- Zen influences.
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Gardens, Japanese.
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| Author |
Ramsay, Alex, 1950- photographer (expression)
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| ISBN |
0711238715 |
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9780711238718 |
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