The Art of Setting Stones: And Other Writings from the Japanese Garden
Marc Peter Keane
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Description
Philosophical essays on the beauty and meaning of traditional Japanese gardens.In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science.
Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities. Filled with passages of alluring beauty, this is a truly transcendent book about "experiencing" Japanese design.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Publish Date
August 31, 2002
Pages
154
Dimensions
6.02 X 0.48 X 8.76 inches | 0.53 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781880656709
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Marc Peter Keane is a landscape architect and a leading expert on Japanese garden designHe is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese GardenDesign (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardeningtext, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (acollection of philosophical essays on gardens), and The Japanese Tea Garden(history and aesthetics of Japanese tea gardens).
Reviews
"This series of essays may be one of our most important modern interpretations of the meaning of the garden." -Donald Richie