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Chargement... The Gardens of Japanpar Helena Attlee, Alex Ramsay (Photographe)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Some 28 important gardens in Japan are covered off in this book by Helena Attlee. Basically it is a picture book with some details about each garden ...mainly historical details. There is very little about any theories of garden design or layout , but maybe the is unnecessary with a book like this. The photographs are great...though, in a few cases, I noticed the perennial problem of photographing Japanese gardens; you need to be there at the right time. So the photos of the gardens in Okayama...Koraku-en appear to be taken in early winter. I had the same problem. Visiting there at the wrong season....before all the azaleas come out and the grass turns green. But, in it's own way, each of these great gardens has something to offer to the visitor in every season. And the constant march of the seasons.....so evident in Japan.....lends a unique charm to every garden. Still....it's hard really to beat these gardens in spring when the cherry blossoms are in flower or in Autumn when the leaves turn to bright red and yellow. I think Helena and her photographer husband have done a pretty good job with this book. It's a good overview of a large number of very beautiful gardens ...and they have not neglected to pick up on a few of the small details that make these places so lovely:....moss around the base of trees; roof tiles inserted in the ground; a rock tied with string to mark a no-go area. Great pictures. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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In Japanese gardens, visitors find nature condensed and displayed to perfection. Trees are trained and sculpted until they epitomize the very best of the trees' tree-like qualities; the finest natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature; and the seasons are celebrated with spring blossom and the fiery leaves of autumn. This book showcases 28 of the finest examples. Gardens such as Katsura Rikyu exemplify stroll gardens: large, beautifully landscaped parks where a narrow, winding path leads visitors along the water's edge, over bridges and stepping stones, through groves of beautifully pruned trees, between artificial rolling hills and past tea houses and elaborate arrangements of rocks. While Alex Ramsay's photographs capture the gardens' beauty, Helena Attlee elegantly and informatively explains their composition, and the people and influences who made them. Words and pictures marry to make a most pleasing introduction to the gardens of Japan. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)712.0952The arts Area planning and landscape architecture Landscape architecture / landscape design History, geographic treatment, biography Asia JapanClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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