Main entry:

Henderson, Ron, 1961-

Title & Author:

The gardens of Suzhou / Ron Henderson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.

Description:

xv, 173 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Gardens of Suzhou -- Humble Administrator's Garden / Zhuozheng Yuan Yuan, Zhuozheng 33 -- Lingering Garden / Liu Yuan Yuan, Liu 43 -- Lion Grove / Shizilin 54 -- Surging Wave Pavilion / Canglang Ting Ting, Canglang 60 -- Master of the Nets Garden / Wangshi Yuan Yuan, Wangshi 65 -- Garden of Harmony / Yi Yuan Yuan, Yi 78 -- The Couple's Garden / Ou Yuan Yuan, Ou 81 -- The Garden of Cultivation / Yi Pu Pu, Yi 89 -- The Mountain Villa of Embracing Beauty / Huanxiu Shanzhuang Shanzhuang, Huanxiu 95 -- The Mountain Villa of Embracing Emerald / Yongcui Shanzhuang Shanzhuang, Yongcui 101 -- Crane Garden / He Yuan Yuan, He 108 -- Zigzag Garden / Qu Yuan Yuan, Qu 111 -- Carefree Garden / Chang Yuan Yuan, Chang 114 -- Gardens Near Suzhou -- Garden of Retreat and Reflection / Tuisi Yuan Yuan, Tuisi, Tongli 119 -- Garden of the Peaceful Mind / Jichang Yuan Yuan, Jichang, Wuxi 124 -- Garden of Peace and Comfort / Yu Yuan Yuan, Yu, Shanghai 130 -- Garden of Ancient Splendor / Guyi Yuan Yuan, Guyi, Nanxiang 140 -- Other Gardens in Suzhou and Region 147 -- Comparative Plans 151 -- Plants in the Gardens of Suzhou 155 -- Stone in the Gardens of Suzhou 159.

Summary:

Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city's masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries, attract thousands of visitors each year and continue to influence international design. In The Gardens of Suzhou, landscape architect and scholar Ron Henderson guides visitors through seventeen of these gardens. The book explores UNESCO world cultural heritage sites such as the Master of the Nets Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, and Garden of the Peaceful Mind, as well as other lesser-known but equally significant gardens in the Suzhou region. Unlike the acclaimed religious and imperial gardens found elsewhere in Asia, Suzhou's gardens were designed by scholars and intellectuals to be domestic spaces that drew upon China's rich visual and literary tradition, embedding cultural references within the landscapes. The elements of the gardens confront the visitor: rocks, trees, and walls are pushed into the foreground to compress and compact space, as if great hands had gathered a mountainous territory of rocky cliffs, forests, and streams, then squeezed it tightly until the entire region would fit into a small city garden. Henderson's commentary opens Suzhou's gardens, with their literary and musical references, to non-Chinese visitors. Drawing on years of intimate experience and study, he combines the history and spatial organization of each garden with personal insights into their rockeries, architecture, plants, and waters. Fully illustrated with newly drawn plans, maps, and original photographs, The Gardens of Suzhou invites visitors, researchers, and designers to pause and observe astonishing works from one of the world's greatest garden design traditions.

ISBN:

9780812222142 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0812222148 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Historic gardens China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)
Gardens, Chinese China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)
Landscape architecture China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)
Jardins historiques Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Jardins chinois Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Architecture du paysage Chine Suzhou (Jiangsu)
Gardens, Chinese.
Historic gardens.
Landscape architecture.
China Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng)

Added entries:

Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282166
Call No.: BIB 219358
Status: Available