The Chinese garden : history, art, and architecture /
"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 gard...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2003.
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| Edition: | Rev. / by Alison Hardie. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Alison Hardie
- Western Reactions
- The Origins of Gardens
- Imperial Gardens
- The Gardens of the Literati
- The Painter's Eye
- Architecture in Gardens
- Rocks and Water
- Flowers, Trees and Herbs
- Meanings of the Chinese Garden / Charles Jencks
- List of Gardens Accessible to Visitors in China.