The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture, Third Edition
After reading Maggie Keswick's sensitive study one is tempted to run off to Suzhou usingThe Chinese Gardenas a spiritual guidebook. (Far Eastern Economic Review)[Keswick] shows, in a complex and even exhilarating argument, how the gardens are contrived with enormous subtlety to look like accidental snatches of nature. (New York Times)Chinese gardens are high among the wonders of Chinese art, but they do not receive the attention they deserve...The late Maggie Keswick's well-received original volume of the same title was atour-de-forceof insight, which this update enhances.--J. O. Caswell (Choice2003-11-01)Twenty-five years ago, at the prompting of her husband, Charles Jencks, British designer Maggie Keswick set about explaining to Western readers the ancient logic and symbolism of Chinese gardens. She did it with rare empathy. The only child of Sir John Keswick, chairman of a trading company with roots in the Orient going back to the Opium Wars, she had spent much of her childhood in and out of China.The Chinese Gardenwas so enlightening it was reissued...giving Keswick a crack at a new generation...Her introduction to this strange and beautiful world was so good, her touch so light, one could only nod, smile and turn the page for a fresh delight. (Los Angeles Times)