Japanese gardens for today / by D. Engel ; with a foreword by Richard Neutra
by Engel, David H. (David Harris)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0804803013
- ISBN 13
- 9780804803014
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Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, 1974. ninth edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.Contents: 1. Some universal garden effects -- Space & vista -- Privacy -- Age & antiquity -- Rhythm of nature -- Imagination -- 2. Some human principles -- Logical unity -- Economic unity -- Esthetic unity -- Spiritual unity -- 3. Some intrinsic characteristics -- Humanized naturalism -- Line & mass vs. color -- Genji's garden -- The static quality & evergreens -- Yin & yang -- Something of symbolism -- 4. Conventional classifications -- Artificial-hill garden -- Flat garden -- Tea garden -- Three moods -- 5. Some design techniques -- 6. Arranging rocks & stones -- 7. Integration of house & garden -- 8. Water features -- Streams -- Ponds, lakes, islands -- Waterfalls -- 9. Enclosures : fences, walls, hedges, gates -- 10. Steppingstones & pavements -- 11. Artifacts -- Lanterns -- Basins -- Sculpture, towers, wells -- Bridges -- Sand designs -- Sound effects -- 12. Garden care & plant pruning.Subjects: Landscape gardening Japan. Gardens Japan. Jardins Architecture Japon. Jardins Japon.Gardens. Landscape gardening. GartengestaltungLandscape gardening - Japan. Gardening - JapanGardens, Japanese.Gardens Japan KyotoGardens, Japanese Japan.Jardinage Japon.Jardins japonais Japon.Gardens, Japanese.Gardening. Gardens.Japanese gardens. Japan.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 387495
- Title
- Japanese gardens for today / by D. Engel ; with a foreword by Richard Neutra
- Author
- Engel, David H. (David Harris)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- ninth edition
- ISBN 10
- 0804803013
- ISBN 13
- 9780804803014
- Publisher
- Rutland, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, Vt
- Date Published
- 1974
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