The art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art ...Show synopsisThe art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan. In the first section the author draws on his own experience as an apprentice to a master gardener in Kyoto, as well as his considerable knowledge of Japanese classical texts, to present the garden design process in terms of three primary aesthetic considerations: Scenic effects-reproductions of appealing natural landscape forms. Sensory effects-varieties of scale, framing, rhythm, motion, and spatial quality. Cultural effects-the incorporation of allusions to classical literature, poetry, and painting. The final section comprises a complete translation of a classic gardening manual used by Buddhist monks in medieval Japan. Its rules for planting trees and setting rocks still make good design sense today, and the author includes numerous garden descriptions as examples of how ancient masters practiced their craft. This clear, authoritative work, fully illustrated with diagrams and photographs, elucidates much about the Japanese compositional sense. But at the same time it is a plea for a more holistic approach to landscape design-a recognition that a garden should conform to certain natural principles as well as meet the emotional needs of those who view it.Hide synopsis
Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values – Hardcover
(1987)
by David Slawson, Fl 1204-1213 Senz Zoen (Photographer), Mary Eugenia Myer (Photographer)
Kodansha America
ISBN: 0870117998
ISBN-13: 9780870117992
Description:Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of...Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More.
Publisher: Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, (1991). First paperback edition
Description:Small quarto. 220 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Near...Small quarto. 220 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed with a drawing by Slawson.
Description:Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. A...Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. A little shelf wear. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume.
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