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The Art of Setting Stones
Marc Keane
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Description for The Art of Setting Stones
Paperback. A garden designer in Japan looks deeply into nature and composition to discover truth and beauty. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities. Filled with passages of alluring beauty, this is a truly transcendent book about "experiencing" Japanese design. Marc Peter Keane has lived in Kyoto for 17 ... Read more
In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities. Filled with passages of alluring beauty, this is a truly transcendent book about "experiencing" Japanese design. Marc Peter Keane has lived in Kyoto for 17 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Berkeley CA, United States
ISBN
9781880656709
SKU
V9781880656709
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About Marc Keane
Marc Peter Keane is a landscape architect and a leading expert on Japanese garden design He is the author of several books about garden design: Japanese GardenDesign (an introduction to the culture and design of Japanese gardens); Sakuteiki:Visions of the Japanese Garden (a translation of Japan's oldest gardeningtext, co-authored with Prof. Jiro Takei), The Art of Setting Stones (acollection ... Read more
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