Chinese garden plant landscape art

Author: Zhu Junzhen
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is based on the research findings of Zhu Junzhen's early project "Plant Configuration in Hangzhou Gardens." Through years of design and teaching practice, the author has continuously refined, revised, and supplemented the research results, ultimately forming this book. Therefore, it can be said that this book is the crystallization of the author's years of engagement in landscape design and planning, teaching, and research. The author delves deeply into and explores the unique traditional Chinese cultural characteristics of Chinese garden plant landscapes, primarily elaborating on the following aspects: the formation of garden plant styles, traditional Chinese garden plant landscapes, Chinese temple-and-temple gardens plant landscapes, garden plant spatial landscapes, garden plant water landscapes, garden plant road landscapes, plant landscapes of garden architecture, green landscape art, and natural plant landscapes. This book differs from previously published similar books and has the following features: (1) It proposes unique theoretical perspectives based on the ideological system of Chinese garden creation; (2) It emphasizes the poetic and artistic essence of Chinese gardens, exploring garden plant landscape art through poetry; (3) It discusses plant landscape art from the perspective of "scenery" and the plant spaces people inhabit, rather than solely from the perspective of plants; (4) For every viewpoint discussed in the book, the author provides corresponding examples to substantiate it.