Description
| Product ID: | 9781611720723 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Of Arcs and Circles |
| Subtitle: | Insights from Japan on Gardens, Nature, and Art |
| Authors: | Author: Marc Peter Keane |
| Page Count: | 180 |
| Subjects: | Garden design and planning, Garden design & planning, Japan |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A designer of Japanese gardens contemplates wildness, humanity, beauty, the liquid state of the world. From his vantage point as a garden designer and writer based in Kyoto, Marc Peter Keane examines the world around him and delivers astonishing insights through an array of narratives. How the names of gardens reveal their essential meaning. A new definition of what art is. What trees are really made of. The true meaning of the enigmatic torii gate found at Shinto shrines. Why we give flowers as gifts. The essential, underlying unity of the world. |
| Imprint Name: | Stone Bridge Press |
| Publisher Name: | Stone Bridge Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-24 |
