A Guide to the Gardens of Kyoto - Couverture souple

Treib, Marc; Herman, Ron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1940743672 ISBN 13 : 9781940743677

Editeur : Oro Editions, 2019

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

• A guide to Kyoto for those visiting Japan for the 2020 olympics
• An extensive guide to the many gardens in Kyoto, the once capital of Japan

Designed for the layman as well as the professional, this concise yet comprehensive guide provides both practical information and theoretical insights into the design of the Japanese garden. Kyoto, the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, possesses a richness of garden art without equal as a living chronicle of Japanese cultural history and environmental design. Following the introductory essays are individual entries for more than 50 temple and palace gardens. The text is augmented by an excellent selection of photographs, historical prints, maps, and colour plates.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Marc Treib is Professor of Architecture Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, a practicing graphic designer, and a noted historian and critic of landscape and architecture. He has published widely on modern and historical subjects in the United States, Japan, and Scandinavia. Rob Herman is a landscape architect specialising in residential and estate gardens, with his office in San Leandro, California. After receiving his degree in landscape architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, he studied the history of Japanese gardens at Kyoto University.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oro Editions
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1940743672
• ISBN 13: 9781940743677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204