Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate. As the first account in English to be wholly based on contemporary Chinese sources; this beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1369ndash;1644) firmly in the social and cultural history of the day.Who owned gardens? Who visited them? How were they represented in words; in paintings and in visual culture generally; and what meanings did these representations hold at different levels of Chinese society? Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory; Craig Clunas provides for the first time a historical and materialist account of Chinese garden culture; and replaces broad generalizations and orientalist fantasy with a convincing picture of the gardens role in social life.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Challenging; yet fun piece. Great for older kids. Excellent print quality.By Mama3StreamsMy son is working on the first movement and he loves it. Dennis Alexander has composed a challenging (read: not easy) and very fun piece for older children. Lots of interesting variations in the music: dynamics; tempi; rhythms articulations and key changes. Beautiful theme. Wonderful exchanges between the soloist (Piano I) and orchestral (Piano II) part. The print is clear and easy to read. You will need two copies for performance.