bokomslag Sacred Gardens and Landscapes
Hem & trädgård

Sacred Gardens and Landscapes

Michel Conan

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  • 306 sidor
  • 2007
Studies of rituals in sacred gardens and landscapes offer tantalizing insights into the significance of gardens and landscapes in the societies of India, ancient Greece, Pre-Columbian Mexico, medieval Japan, post-Renaissance Europe, and America. Sacred gardens and landscapes engaged their visitors into three specific modes of agency: as anterooms spurring encounters with the netherworld; as journeys through mystical lands; and as a means of establishing a sense of locality, metaphorically rooting the dweller's own identity in a well-defined part of the material world. Each section of this book is devoted to one of these forms of agency. Together the essays reveal a profound cultural significance of gardens previously overlooked by studies of garden styles.
  • Författare: Michel Conan
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780884023050
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 306
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2007-07-01
  • Förlag: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection