PRIVATE GARDENS: Gardens for the Enjoyment of Artificial Landscapes of Men of Letters

Author: Cheng Liyao;
Language: English
Page: 199
Publication Date: 06/2012
ISBN: 9787112139729,7112139724
Publisher: China Construction Industry Press
Series: The Excellence of Ancient Chinese Architecture
Details
The book has two parts of introduction and picture version. The introduction part explains the private gardens architectures development, art features, layouts and design, mountains and waters, architecture structure and materials via the format of photos and texts, as well as attaches colorful photos, architecture plan and cross drawn to explain in addition. The picture version part is to show the national private gardens architecture examples with beautiful photos and vivid and accurate explanation notes. Finally, the appendix lists the architecture words and Chinese old architecture chronology. The book integrates the professional architecture knowledge into the plain texts and simple and classic photos. It is suitable for the architecture culture enthusiasts and architecture enthusiasts to read.



About Author
Cheng liyao，Born in 1932, Mr.Cheng Livao graduated from the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University in 1955, and is now a senior editor of the China Architecture & Building Press. In early years, he was engaged in city planning and design work. He has done much research into the theory and development of Chinese garden architecture, and has written many books. Chinese Garden Architecture, Impact of Chinese Garden Architecture on European Gardens, Relationbetween Garden Architecture and Paintings and Literature, Classical Garden Architecture of Japan are some of his important works. He has also translated quite a number of works, such as Town Design, and Earthscape. In recent years, he has edited the Series of Famous Chinese Historical and Cultural Cities.