The Craft Of Gardens

Author : Ji Cheng
Publisher : Shanghai Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1602200084

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The Craft of Gardens by Ji Cheng Pdf

With dozens of stunning photographs, this modern translation of a Classic text is a masterpiece of classical Chinese gardening. Ji Cheng's great work on garden design, the Yuan Ye or Craft of Gardens, was originally published around 1631 and is the earliest manual of landscape gardening in the Chinese tradition. This is the first complete English translation of Ji Cheng's seminal work. This Chinese gardening book is based on J Cheng's notes and experiences from his career as a garden designer, which he discusses at some length in his introduction> Since architecture is an integral part of the Chinese garden, much of the book is taken up with the design of different types of buildings and the integration of architecture with nature in the garden. Ji Cheng explains the religious and aesthetic principles underlying garden design and the appropriate emotional response to various effects. he then offers a down-to-earth series of instructions about the requirements of different types of sites, building layouts, architectural features, paving, the construction of artificial mountains, selection of rocks, and the use of natural scenery. This delightful book provides not only insights into Chinese gardening but also a unique perspective on Chinese culture and society in the late Ming dynasty. Full notes by the translator explain obscure points and introduce relevant aspects of Chinese culture, while an introduction by Maggie Keswick sets the book firmly in its historical context. Illustrations include not only Ji Cheng's original diagrams but also historical paintings and contemporary photographs of a number of outstanding gardens in the part of East China where Ji Cheng lived and worked.

Author : Thomas Hayton Mawson
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0353532363

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The Art & Craft of Garden Making by Thomas Hayton Mawson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas Hayton Mawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Gardens
ISBN : LCCN:11001971

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The Art and Craft of Garden Making by Thomas Hayton Mawson Pdf

Author : Judith B. Tankard
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015041363758

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The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman by Judith B. Tankard Pdf

Illustrated with original photographs of Shipman's superb gardens - many by photographer Mattie Edwards Hewitt which have never been previously published - and new photographs by Carol Betsch which were specially commissioned for this volume, the book documents in fascinating detail the life and work of one of America's most important and influential garden designers.

Author : R. William Thomas
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604697216

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The Art of Gardening by R. William Thomas Pdf

“Delightful!” —The New York Times Book Review Discover a world of beauty and creativity! Chanticleer has been called the most romantic, imaginative, and exciting public garden in America. It is a place of pleasure and learning, relaxing yet filled with ideas to take home. And now those lessons are available for everyone in this stunning book! You’ll learn techniques specific to different conditions and plant palettes; how to use hardscape materials in a fresh way; and how to achieve the perfect union between plant and site. And Rob Cardillo’s exquisite photographs of exciting combinations will be sure to stimulate your own creativity. Whether you’re already under Chanticleer’s spell or have yet to visit, The Art of Gardening will enable you to bring the special magic that pervades this most artful of gardens into your own home landscape.

Author : Thomas Hayton Mawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986-05-01
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 086650186X

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The Art and Craft of Garden Architecture and Garden Making by Thomas Hayton Mawson Pdf

Author : Victoria E. Pagán,Judith W. Page
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000999914

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Women and the Collaborative Art of Gardens by Victoria E. Pagán,Judith W. Page Pdf

Women and the Collaborative Art of Gardens explores the garden and its agency in the history of the built and natural environments, as evidenced in landscape architecture, literature, art, archaeology, history, photography, and film. Throughout the book, each chapter centers the act of collaboration, from garden clubs of the early twentieth century as powerful models of women’s leadership, to the more intimate partnerships between family members, to the delicate relationship between artist and subject. Women emerge in every chapter, whether as gardeners, designers, owners, writers, illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, or subjects, but the contributors to this dynamic collection unseat common assumptions about the role of women in gardens to make manifest the significant ways in which women write themselves into the accounts of garden design, practice, and history. The book reveals the power of gardens to shape human existence, even as humans shape gardens and their representations in a variety of media, including brilliantly illuminated manuscripts, intricately carved architectural spaces, wall paintings, black and white photographs, and wood cuts. Ultimately, the volume reveals that gardens are best apprehended when understood as products of collaboration. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of gardens and culture, ancient Rome, art history, British literature, medieval France, film studies, women’s studies, photography, African American Studies, and landscape architecture.

Author : John Dando Sedding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Gardens
ISBN : UCAL:B4312927

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Garden-craft Old and New by John Dando Sedding Pdf

Author : Ron Henderson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812207255

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The Gardens of Suzhou by Ron Henderson Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas Hayton Mawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Gardens
ISBN : OCLC:655826148

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The Art and Craft of Garden Making by Thomas Hayton Mawson Pdf

Author : Monty Don
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9783791386751

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American Gardens by Monty Don Pdf

Monty Don, Britain's treasured horticulturalist, and renowned photographer Derry Moore explore iconic and little-known gardens throughout America. For years, Britain's much-loved gardener Monty Don has been leading us down all kinds of garden paths to show us why green spaces are vital to our wellbeing and culture. Now, he travels across America with celebrated photographer Derry Moore to trace the fascinating histories of outdoor spaces which epitomize or redefine the American garden. In the book, which complements the BBC television series, they look at a variety of gardens and outdoor spaces at the center of American history including the slave garden at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate, Longwood Gardens in Delaware, and Middleton Place in South Carolina. Together, they visit verdant oases designed by modernist architects such as Richard Neutra. They delve into urban outdoor spaces, looking at New York City's Central Park, Lurie Garden at the southern end of Millennium Park in Chicago, and the Seattle Spheres. Derry Moore gives his unique perspective on gardens across the United States, including several not featured in the TV series. These include unpublished photographs of Bob Hope's Palm Springs home and garden of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Featuring luscious photography and Don's engaging commentary, this book will leave you with a richer understanding of how America's most important gardens came to be designed.

Author : Thomas Hayton Mawson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0282869042

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The Art and Craft of Garden Making (Classic Reprint) by Thomas Hayton Mawson Pdf

Excerpt from The Art and Craft of Garden Making The garden designer's work, however, appeals to a much larger section than is included in the foregoing. It is not only those who are building new houses or adding to old ones who have to consider their surroundings; owners of gardens are constantly requiring to re - model or te-adjust, especially where the original design has not been successful, whilst landed proprietors have always to be considering the changes which occur through the cutting or blowing down of timber on their estate, and to be making provision for the continuity of woodland effects. To such it is hoped the plans and sketches, with the accompanying descriptive matter, may be of use. Throughout this work I have endeavoured to make it clear that whilst I consider a formal treatment the one most likely to give satisfactory results, I do not think the Art and Craft of garden-making is advanced by a slavish adherence to style or tradition. In my own practice, I am bound to confess, I have often executed work which could not be justified by those' rules or canons of art which some would apply to garden designing, and yet to me the effect has been harmonious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Luciano Giubbilei,Fergus Garrett,Paul Smith
Publisher : Merrell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 1858946468

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Luciano Giubbilei by Luciano Giubbilei,Fergus Garrett,Paul Smith Pdf

Luciano Giubbilei is known for his award-winnning gardens at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show and for his beautiful and serene gardens for private houses across the world. Since 2012 he has been working on an experimental flower bed in the famous garden of Great Dixter in East Sussex, in close collaboration with the head gardener, Fergus Garrett. In this new book he explains the devlopment of his style over the last few years - a pivotal time for his design work - and describes the philosophy by which he works. The first section contains texts and images that explore the garden at Great Dixter and Luciano's work there, across all four seasons. The second section examines Luciano's love of craft and traditionally made objects, and - through visits to and discussion with craftsmen in the UK and beyond - explores the contribution such work makes to his garden design. The third section constitutes a wider investigation of Luciano's influences under the broad themes of water, colour and texture, illustrating with photographs and words exactly what it is about the world that inspires him and how that is manifested in his designs, with specific reference to his gardens for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2014 and the Venice Biennale in 2015. The gardens are described and illustrated in full with specially commissioned photographs by Andrew Montgomery and Carl Bengston. Full plants lists are also included.

Author : John Dando Sedding
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1330208439

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Garden-Craft by John Dando Sedding Pdf

Excerpt from Garden-Craft: Old and New "What am I to say for my book?" asks Mr. Stevenson in the Preface to "An Inland Voyage." "Caleb and Joshua brought back from Palestine a formidable bunch of grapes; alas! my book produces naught so nourishing; and, for the matter of that, we live in an age when people prefer a definition to any quantity of fruit." As this apology is so uncalled for in the case of this fruitful little volume, I would venture to purloin it, and apply it where it is wholly suitable. Here, the critic will say, is an architect who makes gardens for the houses he builds, writing upon his proper craft, pandering to that popular preference for a definition of which Mr. Stevenson speaks, by offering descriptions of what he thinks a fine garden should be, instead of useful figured plans of its beauties! And yet, to tell truth, it is more my subject than myself that is to blame if my book be unpractical. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jan Gertley,Michael Gertley
Publisher : Taunton
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1561581801

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The Art of the Kitchen Garden by Jan Gertley,Michael Gertley Pdf

Shows how to design and plant kitchen gardens, decorative arrangements of flowers and vegetables, and shows examples from the past