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Winner of the 2006 American Horitcultural Society Book Award!
Gardening has reached new heights of sophistication, and this book profiles a number of the most notable gardens in Japan and beyond. The goal of a Japanese garden is to suggest a landscape, to depict famous natural scenes, or to evoke a particular artistic quality or atmosphere. Graveled courtyards, early aristocratic gardens, Zen gardens, and several other elements all play key roles in these extravagant landscapes.
The Art of the Japanese Garden is a valuable resource for anyone interested in gardening, landscape design, and Japanese art and culture.
Gardening has reached new heights of sophistication, and this book profiles a number of the most notable gardens in Japan and beyond. The goal of a Japanese garden is to suggest a landscape, to depict famous natural scenes, or to evoke a particular artistic quality or atmosphere. Graveled courtyards, early aristocratic gardens, Zen gardens, and several other elements all play key roles in these extravagant landscapes.
The Art of the Japanese Garden is a valuable resource for anyone interested in gardening, landscape design, and Japanese art and culture.
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In Western societies whose cultures are fundamentally European in origin, the word "garden" means a place where things are grown, as in "vegetable garden," "flower garden" or a formal garden where flowers, shrubs and trees are artistically arranged and managed to provide aesthetic enjoyment.
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- Title The Art of the Japanese Garden
- Author Michiko Young
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.
- Date September 30, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780804835985 / 0804835985
- Weight 2.5 lbs (1.13 kg)
- Dimensions 11.28 x 8.64 x 0.77 in (28.65 x 21.95 x 1.96 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Gardens, Japanese, Gardens - Japan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004114426
- Dewey Decimal Code 712.095
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"A well-written and beautifully illustrated reference book intended for a broad audience. It is a great book for becoming acquainted with the topic of Japanese gardens"—Landscape Architecture
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