Gardens and Architecture Illustrated

Author: Ji Cheng
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The book Yuan Ye (On Garden Making) was written by Ji Cheng, a renowned Ming Dynasty landscape architect, based on his years of experience in constructing gardens. The book first elaborates on the author's views on garden design, then provides detailed descriptions of how to select sites, lay foundations, pave grounds, shape mountains, and choose stones. It also includes over two hundred illustrations of walls, paving, windows, and doors. This book has provided a theoretical framework and a replicable model for later generations of garden construction. Yuan Ye Tu Shuo (Illustrated Explanations of Yuan Ye) offers necessary annotations to the original work by Ji Cheng for modern readers' comprehension. Additionally, it features approximately one hundred fifty garden images that visually explain Ji Cheng's landscape design theories, complementing and enhancing the original text with illustrations.