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Secret Teachings in Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values

ISBN-13: 9781568364940

Contributor(s): David A. Slawson

Subjects: Landscape Art & Architecture

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Kodansha Books

Publication Date: 16-07-2013

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£30.00

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About the book

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 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

Secret Teachings in Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values

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