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Product Identifiers
PublisherStonebridge Press
ISBN-101880656434
ISBN-139781880656433
eBay Product ID (ePID)1644251
Product Key Features
Book TitleGardens of Gravel and Sand
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicLandscape, Asia / General, Japanese Gardens
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, Gardening, History
AuthorLeonard Koren
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisA philosophical inquiry into Japanese "dry landscape" gardens and what they might (and might not) mean., Book Description A simple and provocative book offering a revisionist photo-essay on the ever-popular Japanese "dry landscape" or "rock" gardens. Not Zen, possibly art, more like "meta-gardens," gravel and sand compositions reject nature, yet are made of omnipresent natural dust. Quick to crumble, they are defiantly maintained by priest/rakers. Credited with philosophical profundity, their origins are murky, their meanings uncertain but immediate. Koren deliberately ignores "celebrity" rocks, moss, and foliage to demystify and explore a most peculiar human enterprise. Beautifully illustrated with duotone photographs of gravel and sand gardens in Kyoto. About the Author Leonard Koren, who was trained as an artist and architect, writes books about design and aesthetics. Among his most popular books are WABI SABI: For Artists, Design, Poets & Philosophers and Arranging Things: A Rhetoric of Object Placement. "Featuring over 30 photos of graval and sand gardens taken in Kyoto, Japan, this thin paperback underscores the importance of 'experienceing the garden as garden.'" -- The Tri-County News
