A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture
By: Hui Zou
Series: Comparative cultural studies
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781557535832
Subjects: European Gardens; Civilization; Design; Historic gardens; Jesuits; Landscape gardening; Gardens; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A theoretical and historical introduction to the Chinese garden; title: The Chinese garden and the concept of the virtue of round brightness; title: The Chinese garden and the concept of the vision of jing; title: The Chinese gGarden and the Western linear perspective; title: The Chinese garden and the concept of the line-method; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1: Kangxi's record of the Garden of Uninhibited Spring; title: Appendix 2: Kangxi's record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness; title: Appendix 3: Qianlong's later record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness; title: Appendix 4: Qianlong's record of the Village of Ten-Thousand Springs; title: Appendix 5: Qianlong's record of Kunming Lake by Longevity Hill; title: Appendix 6: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Clear Ripples on Longevity Hill; title: Appendix 7: Qianlong's record of the Best Spring of China on Jade-Spring Hill; title: Appendix 8: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Tranquil Pleasure.