Zen and the Art of Japanese Gardening - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen and the Art of Japanese Gardening write by Michael Prairie. This book was released on 2023-01-24. Zen and the Art of Japanese Gardening available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Virtually unknown in the west, seven ancient principles have endowed Japanese gardens with breathtaking splendor, bewitching charm, and high drama. These aesthetics principles and the art of Japanese gardening can also offer insight and help cultivate the skill of living a more meaningful and purposeful life.Zen and the Art of Japanese Gardening illustrates the aesthetic principles and the key Japanese garden styles with two remarkable Japanese gardens. The Portland Japanese Garden, often described as the United States' most beautiful and authentic, and a striking and intimate residential garden in Southern California known as Niwa Wabi Sabi. Explore the role of the garden in Japan's long history and its forms and features, including the preeminence of nature; the dynamic asymmetrical balance and serene harmony; fundamental importance of rocks, water, and plants; and symbolic use of sand and rocks to create abstract images, by learning about the elements of Japanese gardens and their distinctive, often symbolic, meanings and sacred significance. Zen and the Art of Japanese Gardening distills the unique design techniques developed by the Japanese over the centuries to turn the esoteric principles and natural landscape into remarkable gardens.
The Art of Zen Gardens
The Art of Zen Gardens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Art of Zen Gardens write by A. Keir Davidson. This book was released on 1983. The Art of Zen Gardens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Zen Gardens
Zen Gardens - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen Gardens write by Mira Locher. This book was released on 2012-10-10. Zen Gardens available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. ING_08 Review quote
Zen Landscapes
Zen Landscapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen Landscapes write by Allen S. Weiss. This book was released on 2013-09-15. Zen Landscapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The essential elements of a dry Japanese garden are few: rocks, gravel, moss. Simultaneously a sensual matrix, a symbolic form, and a memory theater, these gardens exhibit beautiful miniaturization and precise craftsmanship. But their apparent minimalism belies a true complexity. In Zen Landscapes, Allen S. Weiss takes readers on an exciting journey through these exquisite sites, explaining how Japanese gardens must be approached according to the play of scale, surroundings, and seasons, as well as in relation to other arts—revealing them as living landscapes rather than abstract designs. Weiss shows that these gardens are inspired by the Zen aesthetics of the tea ceremony, manifested in poetry, painting, calligraphy, architecture, cuisine, and ceramics. Japanese art favors suggestion and allusion, valuing the threshold between the distinct and the inchoate, between figuration and abstraction, and he argues that ceramics play a crucial role here, relating as much to the site-specificity of landscape as to the ritualized codes of the tea ceremony and the everyday gestures of the culinary table. With more than one hundred stunning color photographs, Zen Landscapes is the first in-depth study in the West to examine the correspondences between gardens and ceramics. A fascinating look at landscape art and its relation to the customs and craftsmanship of the Japanese arts, it will appeal to readers interested in landscape design and Japan’s art and culture.
Zen Garden Design
Zen Garden Design - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen Garden Design write by Mira Locher. This book was released on 2020-08-18. Zen Garden Design available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden--even in the most urban of spaces--can provide some respite. In his words, "The garden is a special spiritual place where the mind dwells." With this in mind, Masuno has designed scores of spectacular Japanese gardens and landscapes with the aim of helping people achieve a balanced life in the 21st century. This book explores Masuno's design process and ideas, which are integral to his daily Zen training and teachings. It features 15 unique gardens and contemplative landscapes completed in six countries over as many years--all thoughtfully described and documented in full-color photos and drawings. Readers will also find insights on Masuno's philosophy of garden design and a conversation between the designer and famed architect Terunobu Fujimori. Zen Garden Design provides an in-depth examination of Masuno's gardens and landscapes--not just as beautiful spaces, but as places for meditation and contemplation.
