China Garden

Author : Rosemary Manning
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781558614147

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The Chinese Garden by Rosemary Manning Pdf

A “very intelligent, sensitive, and compelling” novel of adolescent rebellion and sexual awakening at a girls’ boarding school (Anthony Burgess). Set in a repressive British girls’ boarding school in the late 1920s—where not only sexuality but femininity is squashed—Rosemary Manning’s “wonderful” 1962 novel is the coming-of-age story of sixteen-year-old Rachel, a sensitive, bright, and innocent student (The Guardian). Rachel finds refuge from the Spartan conditions, strict regime, fierce discipline, and formidable headmistress at Bampfield in a secret garden. She also finds friendship there, with a rebellious girl named Margaret. As Margaret has her mind expanded by a scandalous tome entitled The Well of Loneliness, she engages in a bold, forbidden act—the ultimate transgression at Bampfield—and Rachel is drawn into the turmoil. Confronted with the persecution of her friend and troubled by a growing awareness of her own sensuality, Rachel faces an impossible choice that drives her to desperate measures. Selected as one of the Top 10 Lesbian Books by the Guardian, “Rosemary Manning’s unjustly forgotten novel is a deft depiction of innocence and the forces of hypocrisy, paranoia, and self-hatred that betray innocence” (Lillian Faderman, author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers).

Author : Liz Berry
Publisher : Gallery 41 Books
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781843964902

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China Garden by Liz Berry Pdf

Author : Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783034610650

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The Chinese Garden by Bianca Maria Rinaldi Pdf

With their centuries-long development, the English landscape garden, the formal French garden, as well Japanese and Chinese gardens constitute an unparalleled repository of design solutions familiar throughout the world. They are frequently drawn upon as reference works, but often in a piecemeal and haphazard fashion and from botanical or art-historical vantage points. That is where the books of this new series come in. They present the various garden types from the perspective of contemporary landscape and garden design. Starting from the formidable beauty of the world’s most distinguished gardens, they point the way toward the essential compositional principles, the plants most commonly utilized and their most characteristic uses, and the possibilities for employing them in contemporary projects, thus providing readers with a rich source of inspiration for their own designs and creations. The panorama of "The Chinese Garden" stretches from the surviving historical gardens all the way to such modern examples as the garden at the Bank of China in Hong Kong (designed by I. M. Pei), Ai Weiwei’s Yiwu Riverbank Park, the Garden of Flowering Fragrance in the Los Angeles, California, region and the Garden of Awakening Orchids in Portland, Oregon.

Author : Maggie Keswick
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 9780674010864

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The Chinese Garden by Maggie Keswick Pdf

Author : Bianca Maria Rinaldi
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812247633

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Ideas of Chinese Gardens by Bianca Maria Rinaldi Pdf

An annotated collection of essential texts written by European observers from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Ideas of Chinese Gardens chronicles the evolution of Western perceptions of gardens of China, from curiosity to admiration and ultimately to rejection, echoing the changes in European attitudes toward China.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1704 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : WISC:89116883257

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Peter J. Kitson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107045613

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Forging Romantic China by Peter J. Kitson Pdf

The first major study to focus on British and Chinese cultural relations in the Romantic period.

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1588 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015066169601

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf

Author : Hardie Alison
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938368882

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An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese Gardens by Hardie Alison Pdf

There are many books published in English on Chinese gardens, but the majority are primarily picture books with little informative content. With a large number of illustrations of Chinese gardens, ancient paintings, block prints, and other artefacts, this book is a social history of Chinese gardens and focuses on how gardens have functioned and been used in Chinese society through the ages. Apart from the aesthetic or philosophical aspects of Chinese gardens, you may see how gardens functioned as real estate, how they gave opportunities of employment to skilled artisans, how they opened up outdoor space to both elite and lower-class women, how they allowed men of different social classes and of different ethnicities to interact and gain mutual benefit: in short, how the existence of gardens exerted an influence on society as a whole. At the same time, the reader can find how the wider society, and even socio-economic changes beyond China's own borders, had an impact on how gardens in China developed.

Author : Tony Huegel
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0899974139

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California Desert Byways by Tony Huegel Pdf

Presents 65 desert trips from Bishop to the Mexican border, including expanded coverage of popular destinations such as Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This book makes high-walled canyons, lonely ghost towns, and soaring peaks from Mexico to the Great Basin easily accessible to recreational drivers. Tony Huegel's glove-box-sized Byways have been leading drivers to the hidden surprises found along unpaved backroads for more than 10 years. These books are for recreational drivers who want to use their four-wheel-drive or sport-utility vehicle beyond the pavement to explore, but who might not want to do hard-core or lengthy off-road driving. They are also for adventurers who use these trips as jumping-off points for muscle-powered exploration, such as hiking and mountain biking.

Author : Victoria M. Siu
Publisher : Lehigh University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611461299

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Gardens of a Chinese Emperor by Victoria M. Siu Pdf

The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan) in the western suburbs of the Quing capital, Beijing, was begun by the great Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) and expanded by his son, Yongzheng (r. 1722-1736) and brought to its greatest glory by his grandson, Qianlong (r. 1736-1796). A lover of literature and art, Qinglong sought an earthly reflection of his greatness in his Yuanming Yuan. For many years he designed and directed an elaborate program of garden arrangements. Representing two generations of painstaking research, this book follows the emperor as he ruled his empire from within his garden. In a landscape of lush plants, artificial mountains and lakes, and colorful buildings, he sought to represent his wealth and power to his diverse subjects and to the world at large. Having been looted and burned in the mid-nineteenth century by western forces, it now lies mostly in ruins, but it was the world’s most elaborate garden in the eighteenth century. The garden suggested a whole set of concepts—religious, philosophical, political, artistic, and popular—represented in landscape and architecture. Just as bonsai portrays a garden in miniature, the imperial Yuanming Yuan at the height of its splendor represented the Qing Empire in microcosm. Includes 62 color plates and 35 black & white photographs.

Author : Duncan Murray Campbell,Alison Hardie
Publisher : Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks Texts in Garden and Landscape Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : GARDENING
ISBN : 0884024652

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The Dumbarton Oaks Anthology of Chinese Garden Literature by Duncan Murray Campbell,Alison Hardie Pdf

The Dumbarton Oaks Anthology of Chinese Garden Literature is the first comprehensive collection in English of over two millennia of Chinese writing about gardens and landscape. Featuring new and previously published translations, this anthology includes a glossary of translated names, Chinese names, and binomials.

Author : H. F. Glen
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1919931171

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Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa by H. F. Glen Pdf

A listing of almost 9000 kinds of plants known to be cultivated in Southern Africa, or to have been tried here. The information is derived from a database containing details mainly of specimens archived in the National Herbarium, Pretoria.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781119375975

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China Homegrown by Anonim Pdf

Today, architecture in China is at a watershed. Over the last decade, rapid urbanisation and the burgeoning economy turned the country into a playground for the world’s signature architects, making it possible to realise extravagant forms and structures at a vast scale. The Chinese government has now drawn a line under this phenomenon by issuing a directive calling an end to the ‘oversized, xenocentric, weird’ buildings devoid of character or cultural heritage that have sprung up across the country, requiring that urban architecture be 'suitable, economic, green and pleasing to the eye'. This government directive comes at a time when homegrown architecture has become increasingly self-assured and reflective in its approach. A new generation of architects in China in their 30s and 40s are emerging, and in a wholly contemporary way they are exploring local responses to often bewildering urban and rural conditions and serious social and environmental challenges. This is often expressed through a revival of interest in traditional street patterns, courtyards and gardens. At the same time, architects are also recognising the opportunities to harness the potential of China’s established manufacturing base to develop prefabricated building systems. Innovative practices are employing new modes of working, such as research-based studio teaching and exhibitions, field workshops, cross-disciplinary collaboration, laboratory-based practice, design think-tanks and collective projects, generating a vibrant culture of design research. Contributors: Lu Feng, Murray Fraser, Xiao Fu and Wei You, Xiahong Hua and Shen Zhuang, Xinggang Li, Yichun Liu, James Shen, Yehao Song, Hui Wang, Shuo Wang, Xin Wang and Qiuye Jin, Philip F Yuan and Xiang Wang, Li Zhang, Xin Zhang and Jingxiang Zhu. Featured architects: Archi-Union Architects, Atelier Archmixing, Atelier Deshaus, Atelier Li Xinggang, Integrated Architecture Studio, LanD Studio, META-Project, People's Architecture Office, SUP Atelier, URBANUS and Zaoyuan Gardening Studio

Author : Kouros Mohammadian,Konstadinos G. Goulias,Elif Cicek,Jieh-Jiuh Wang,Chrysanthos Maraveas
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781138001251

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Civil Engineering and Urban Planning III by Kouros Mohammadian,Konstadinos G. Goulias,Elif Cicek,Jieh-Jiuh Wang,Chrysanthos Maraveas Pdf

Civil Engineering and Urban Planning III addresses civil engineering and urban planning issues associated with transportation and the environment. The contributions not only highlight current practices in these areas, but also pay attention to future research and applications, and provide an overview of the progress made in a wide variety of topics in the areas of: - Civil Engineering - Architecture and Urban Planning - Transportation Engineering Including a wealth of information, Civil Engineering and Urban Planning III is of interest to academics and students in civil engineering and urban planning.