About this title: While museums across North America are replicating "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions now decorate offices, these Zen gardens remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. French historian Francois Berthier traces the history of the karesansui garden in Reading Zen in the Rocks, here translated by Graham Parkes and beautifully illustrated with photographs of all the major gardens discussed. Berthier traces the roles of Shinto and Zen Buddhism in the evolution of the garden and also considers how manual laborers from the lowest classes in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226044118ISBN:0226044114
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780226044118ISBN:0226044114
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780226044125ISBN:0226044122
Description: New. The classic essay on the "karesansui" garden by French art historian Berthier has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of Zen rock gardens. 37 halftones. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2000-06-15
ISBN-13:9780226044118ISBN:0226044114
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