Spaces in Translation - Japanese Gardens and the West

Informationen zum Autor Christian Tagsold Klappentext Christian Tagsold is Associate Professor at the Institute for Modern Japanese Studies, University of Dusseldorf.In Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. From China to Japan: The History of Asian Spaces Chapter 2. Discourses of Spaces Chapter 3. Spreading the Japanese Garden Worldwide Chapter 4. Between Essence and Invention Chapter 5. Zen and the Art of Gardens Chapter 6. Elements of the Japanese Garden Chapter 7. Authoritarian Gardens Chapter 8. Connecting Spaces, Disconnecting Spaces Chapter 9. Postmodernizing Japanese Gardens Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Christian Tagsold
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780812246742
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4674-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture; Penn Studies in Landscape Arch; Penn Studies in Landscape Arch; Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture