Japanese Gardens
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!
The Japanese garden, like all gardens, is more than mere nature; it is nature crafted by man. It needs the hands of the designer to give it meaning. The Japanese garden belongs to the realm of architecture; at its best, it is nature as art. The phases of its history document the constant redefinition of man's position within and towards nature. Its changing forms respond both to socio-economic developments and to religious and philosophical trends, and thereby reflect the spiritual climate in which its architecture was conceived.
At the same time as detailing the characteristics distinguishing and differentiating each of the five major epochs in the history of the Japanese garden, the author identifies the common motif which underlies them all: the recurrent attempt to unite beauty as natural accident and beauty as human-perfected type, to achieve an aesthetic symbiosis between the seeming randomness of natural form and the strict geometry of the right angle.
"This extraordinary book provides a detailed, engrossing history of Japanese gardens with separate chapters for each historical era. It is beautifully illustrated with color photos as well as historical black and white." - Suite 101, New York
About the author:
Günter Nitschke was born in Berlin. He acquired degrees in architecture, town planning and classical and modern Japanese. He taught East Asian architecture and urbanism at Princeton University and MIT, later at UCLA and California State Politechnic University at Pomona and at Kyoto Seiko University in Japan. Günter Nitschke is author of numerous critical essays and books.
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Japanese Gardens
Nitschke, Günter
Hardcover 9.4 x 11.8 in., 240 pages, $ 14.99 |
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"Più che altri giardini, quello giapponese mostra il verde modificato in modo armonico dalle mani dell'uomo, in uno spazio in cui ogni essenza trova una sua ragione d'essere. In questo volume, sono presentati evocativi giardini japanese style, con ampi riferimenti alla loro evoluzione nel corso della storia, attraverso cambiamenti legati spesso anche a sviluppi socioeconomici, nonchè trend religiosi e filosofici.(...) Tante nelle 240 pagine, le foto che ritraggono tali giardini in vari luoghi e in diverse stagioni, con tutte le suggestioni legate alle differenti colorazioni delle piante utilizzate nelle più svariate composizioni. Di interesse anche i numerosi schemi e disegni, collocati qua e là a farci capire il senso profondo del Japanese Garden. Scritto da Guntern Nitschke lo pubblica TASCHEN."
Country House Living, Milano, Italy
Country House Living, Milano, Italy
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