Chinese Garden Aesthetics (Second Edition)

Author: Jin Xuezhi
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The art of Chinese garden has a long history. This book is an academic work on the aesthetics of Chinese gardens. The second edition is updated, enriched, and rewritten with ecological aesthetics as the main thread. The book presents clear arguments, sufficient evidence, thorough reasoning, rich materials, and integrates text with illustrations. It includes: the contemporary and future values of classical Chinese gardens; the historical journey of the beauty of classical Chinese gardens; the truth, goodness, and beauty of classical Chinese gardens; the construction sequence of material and spiritual ecology of garden beauty; the spiritual construction sequence of garden beauty; garden appreciation and the psychological aspects of aesthetic culture, etc. This book is suitable for garden art enthusiasts, garden tourism workers, and researchers in garden aesthetics, as well as those in aesthetics and art theory.