TY - BOOK AU - Henderson,Ron AU - Jun,Jia AU - Pu,Yi AU - Shanzhuang,Huanxiu AU - Shanzhuang,Yongcui AU - Shizilin AU - Ting,Canglang AU - Yuan,Chang AU - Yuan,Guyi AU - Yuan,He AU - Yuan,Jichang AU - Yuan,Liu AU - Yuan,Ou AU - Yuan,Qu AU - Yuan,Tuisi AU - Yuan,Wangshi AU - Yuan,Yi AU - Yuan,Yu AU - Yuan,Zhuozheng TI - The Gardens of Suzhou T2 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture SN - 9780812222142 AV - SB466.C52 S8334 2013 U1 - 635.90951/136 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Philadelphia : PB - University of Pennsylvania Press, KW - Gardens, Chinese KW - China KW - Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) KW - Historic gardens KW - Landscape architecture KW - Architecture KW - ARCHITECTURE / Landscape KW - bisacsh KW - African Studies KW - Asian Studies KW - Fine Art KW - Garden History KW - Middle Eastern Studies N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Visiting the Gardens --; Map of Suzhou --; Introduction --; Architecture in the Gardens of Suzhou --; The Gardens of Suzhou --; The Humble Administrator's Garden --; Lingering Garden --; Lion Grove --; Surging Wave Pavilion --; Master of the Nets Garden --; Garden of Harmony --; The Couple's Garden --; The Garden of Cultivation --; The Mountain Villa of Embracing Beauty --; The Mountain Villa of Embracing Emerald --; Crane Garden --; Zigzag Garden --; Carefree Garden --; Gardens Near Suzhou --; Garden of Retreat and Reflection --; Garden of the Peaceful Mind --; Garden of Peace and Comfort --; Garden of Ancient Splendor --; Other Gardens in Suzhou and Region --; Comparative Plans --; Plants in the Gardens of Suzhou --; Stone in the Gardens of Suzhou --; Glossary --; Suggested Readings --; Index --; Acknowledgments; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207255 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812207255 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812207255/original ER -