General Introduction to Chinese Garden Art

Author: Zhang Cailie
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is written by the author based on long-term research and observation of numerous natural gardens, temple gardens, and private gardens in China. It incorporates the essence of many famous gardens from ancient and modern China and abroad, along with the author's personal research findings. It comprehensively and multi-anglely elaborates on various aspects of Chinese garden art. The content mainly includes: the historical trajectory of the development of Chinese garden art, its distinctive style compared to foreign garden art, and its supreme status in world garden art; the types, aesthetic elements, artistic realm, and regional characteristics of Chinese garden art; the art of rockery and water management in Chinese gardens; the components, decorations, and furniture arrangement of Chinese garden architecture; the types, spatial layout, floral and animal landscaping of Chinese garden architecture; the layout, borrowed scenery, garden naming, and couplet art of Chinese gardens; the historical examination of the artistic conception of Chinese gardens and the application of dialectics. This book can serve as a textbook for university students and teachers in landscape architecture and tourism, a reference for professionals in related fields, and a reading material for general tourists and lovers of literature and history.