Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780824823122
Subjects: Aesthetics; Cultural studies; History of specific subjects; Landscape art & architecture; Literary studies: general; Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes; Oriental art; Gardens, Japanese; Gardening; Gardening / Horticulture; Gardening/Plants; Japan; Japanese Gardens - General; History
Description: "This volume delves into questions of beauty and ideas of nature expressed in the visual and literary arts of Japan as well as notions of taste and creativity in garden making. It goes beyond the popular understanding of Japanese gardens and locates them in a larger social and cultural context, revealing not only how gardeners conceived their works but also how gardens functioned during key periods in classical, medieval, and early modern Japanese history.".

"Revised and updated, Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art presents new interpretations of the evolution of Japanese garden art. Its depth and much-needed emphasis on a practical context for garden creation will appeal to art and literary historians as well as scholars, students, and appreciators of garden and landscape art, Asian and Western."--BOOK JACKET.