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Zen Landscapes

Author : Allen S. Weiss
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780232314
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Zen Landscapes written by Allen S. Weiss and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sesshu's Long Scroll

Author : Reiko Chiba
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146290419X
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Sesshu's Long Scroll written by Reiko Chiba and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sesshu's Long Sroll is the masterwork of the 15th-century Japanese artist, Susshu—considered by many Japanese to be their greatest. Famed not only as a painter but also as a Zen priest and a great traveler, Sesshu found inspiration for his wonderful landscapes both in China and Japan. This magnificent scroll, which pictures the procession of the seasons, is essentially religious painting with a strong atmosphere of Zen Buddhism. Nature, rather than man, is dominant, although the human touch is charmingly evident from time to time. One can take this fascinating Zen landscape journey again and again, and always find new delights.

Dreaming the Southern Song Landscape

Author : Valérie Malenfer Ortiz
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004644997
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming the Southern Song Landscape written by Valérie Malenfer Ortiz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999-06-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The masterpiece, Dream Journey in the Xiao and Xiang Rivers has been celebrated by critics throughout its long history. Now for the first time this study locates its original historical and social context, and traces its subsequent history and the role it fulfilled at various times.

Zen Garden Design

Author : Mira Locher
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462922171
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Zen Garden Design written by Mira Locher and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Reading Zen in the Rocks

Author : François Berthier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226044125
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Reading Zen in the Rocks written by François Berthier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic essay on the "karesansui" garden by French art historian Berthier has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of Zen rock gardens. 37 halftones.

Gardens of Awakening

Author : Kazuaki Tanahashi
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1645472051
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Gardens of Awakening written by Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned artist Kaz Tanahashi reveals the deep, inner spiritual connections that Zen gardens can foster, with over 75 stunning full-color photos of the masterpiece gardens of Kyōto, Japan. Imagine yourself in Kyōto, Japan, gazing at an ancient temple garden. How would you contextualize what you are seeing? What is the history of this centuries-old contemplative art form of Zen gardening? What are its symbols and concepts? Richly illustrated with full-color photographs, Gardens of Awakening guides you through a series of Zen temple gardens, most of which were created from the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Some are teeming with plants and flowing water, while others have only rocks and sand. All share in the Zen aesthetics of awakening. Through essays and commentary on Mitsue Nagase’s striking photographs, beloved Zen artist and translator Kazuaki Tanahashi presents the gardens in terms of seven qualities that arise from Zen practice: direct, ordinary, vigorous, gleaming, pivotal, nondual, and inexhaustible. Relating these qualities to the development of Zen culture and its influence on Japanese art, Gardens of Awakening invites you deep into the heart of Zen.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Author : Bron Taylor
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441122788
Total Pages : 1927 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature written by Bron Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 1927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two reference work awards since its publication (see www.religionandnature.com/ern), this new, more affordable version is a must-have book for anyone interested in the manifold and fascinating links between religion and nature, in all their many senses.

Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author : A. Buttimer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401723923
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective written by A. Buttimer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmopolitan culture of science, these detailed studies of ways in which different cultures conceptualise nature appear in the context of global environmental change. Understanding across cultural lines has never been more important. This book shows how individual cultures see their own histories as offering protection for nature, while often viewing others as lacking such ethical restraints. Through such writing a discourse of understanding and common action becomes possible. The authors come from the places they discuss, and offer passionate as well as scholarly visions of nature within their cultural homes. Audience: This volume is of interest to academics and professionals working in the fields of cultural geography, environmental history, environmental studies, history of environmental ideas, environmental education, landscape and literature, nature and culture. It can be used for courses in the above-mentioned areas and seminars in comparative literature. It can also be used as a complimentary text to provide cultural context to literary readings, and for seminars on cultural aspects of the environment.

Sesshu's Long Scroll

Author : Sesshu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258141134
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Sesshu's Long Scroll written by Sesshu and published by . This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Planting Design Illustrated

Author : Gang Chen
Publisher : ArchiteG, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1432741977
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Planting Design Illustrated written by Gang Chen and published by ArchiteG, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the most comprehensive books on Planting Design. It is a Book of the Year Winner for ForeWord Magazine. It fills in the blank in this field and introduces poetry, painting and symbolism into Planting Design. It covers in detail the two major systems in Planting Design: Formal Planting Design and Naturalistic Planting Design. It has numerous line drawings and photos to illustrate the Planting Design concepts and principles. Through in-depth discussions of historical precedents and practical case studies, it uncovers the fundamental design principles and concepts as well as underpinning philosophy for Planting Design. It is an indispensable reference book for Landscape Architecture students, designers, architects, urban planners and ordinary garden lovers. You may be interested in other books I wrote: LEED GA Exam Guide. It is available at: http://outskirtspress.com/agent.php'key=11011&page=leedgaexamguide Click here to view LEED GA Exam Guide Architectural Practice Simplified. It is available at: http://outskirtspress.com/agent.php'key=11011&page=architecturalpracticesimplified Click here to view Architectural Practice Simplified LEED BD&C Exam Guide. It is available at: http://outskirtspress.com/agent.php'key=11011&page=LEED-BDC Click here to view LEED BD&C Exam Guide Planting Design Illustrated (2nd edition) . It is available at: http://outskirtspress.com/agent.php'key=11011&page=plantingdesignillustrated Click here to view Planting Design Illustrated (2nd edition) LEED AP Exam Guide. It is available at: http://outskirtspress.com/agent.php'key=11011&page=examguide Click here to view LEED AP Exam Guide

Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of Literature

Author : Makoto Ueda
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804711661
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of Literature written by Makoto Ueda and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stanford University Press classic.

Japan Report

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japan Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chinese Culture of Intelligence

Author : Keping Wang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811331731
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Culture of Intelligence written by Keping Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rise of China in the 21st century, this book offers a trans-cultural and thematic study of key Chinese concepts which influence modern day Chinese thinking across the spheres of politics, economics and society. It reflects on the major schools of Chinese thought including Confucianism, Daoism and Zen Buddhism, providing a historical perspective on the ideological development of China in terms of the relationship between man and nature, social ethics, political governance, poetry education, aesthetic criticism and art theory. It also explores primary aspects of Chinese poetics and aesthetics with reference to the interaction between the endogenous theories and their western counterparts. Written by a leader in Chinese Aesthetics against the background of both globalization and glocalization at home and abroad, this is a key read for all those interested in the cultural, philosophical and aesthetic underpinnings of contemporary China.

Japanese Philosophy

Author : James W. Heisig
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 082483707X
Total Pages : 1362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Philosophy written by James W. Heisig and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook, readers of English can now access in a single volume the richness and diversity of Japanese philosophy as it has developed throughout history. Leading scholars in the field have translated selections from the writings of more than a hundred philosophical thinkers from all eras and schools of thought, many of them available in English for the first time. The Sourcebook editors have set out to represent the entire Japanese philosophical tradition—not only the broad spectrum of academic philosophy dating from the introduction of Western philosophy in the latter part of the nineteenth century, but also the philosophical ideas of major Japanese traditions of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto. The philosophical significance of each tradition is laid out in an extensive overview, and each selection is accompanied by a brief biographical sketch of its author and helpful information on placing the work in its proper context. The bulk of the supporting material, which comprises nearly a quarter of the volume, is given to original interpretive essays on topics not explicitly covered in other chapters: cultural identity, samurai thought, women philosophers, aesthetics, bioethics. An introductory chapter provides a historical overview of Japanese philosophy and a discussion of the Japanese debate over defining the idea of philosophy, both of which help explain the rationale behind the design of the Sourcebook. An exhaustive glossary of technical terminology, a chronology of authors, and a thematic index are appended. Specialists will find information related to original sources and sinographs for Japanese names and terms in a comprehensive bibliography and general index. Handsomely presented and clearly organized for ease of use, Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook will be a cornerstone in Japanese studies for decades to come. It will be an essential reference for anyone interested in traditional or contemporary Japanese culture and the way it has shaped and been shaped by its great thinkers over the centuries.

Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes

Author : Tadahiko Higuchi
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262580942
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes written by Tadahiko Higuchi and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1988-07-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major structural elements and filling in with successively finer detail.

Sesshu's Long Scroll

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Sesshu's Long Scroll written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japan

Author : Nancy K. Stalker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520962834
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Japan written by Nancy K. Stalker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool provides a historical account of Japan’s elite and popular cultures from premodern to modern periods. Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship across numerous disciplines, Nancy K. Stalker presents the key historical themes, cultural trends, and religious developments throughout Japanese history. Focusing on everyday life and ordinary consumption, this is the first textbook of its kind to explore both imperial and colonial culture and offer expanded content on issues pertaining to gender and sexuality. Organized into fourteen chronological and thematic chapters, this text explores some of the most notable and engaging aspects of Japanese life and is well suited for undergraduate classroom use.