Ideas of chinese gardens: western accounts, 1300-1860
Éditeur :
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN :
9780812247633
Date de publication :
8 janv. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An annotated collection of essential texts written by European observers from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries, Ideas of Chinese Gardens chronicles the evolution of Western perceptions of gardens of China, from curiosity to admiration and ultimately to rejection, echoing the changes in European attitudes toward China.