The Resource Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas
Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas
Resource Information
The item Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 innovative, beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644) 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? How did the discourse of gardens intersect with other discourses such as those of aesthetics, agronomy, geomancy, and botany? By examining the gardens of the city of Suzhou from a number of different angles, Craig Clunas provides a rich picture of a complex cultural phenomenon, one that was of crucial importance to the self-fashioning of the Ming elite. Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, the author 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 garden's role in social life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Contents
-
- 104
- 4
- The Represented Garden
- 137
- 5
- The Landscape of Number
- 177
- 1
- The Fruitful Garden
- 16
- 2
- The Aesthetic Garden
- 60
- 3
- The Gardens of the Wen Family
- Isbn
- 9780822317951
- Label
- Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China
- Title
- Fruitful sites
- Title remainder
- garden culture in Ming dynasty China
- Statement of responsibility
- Craig Clunas
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 innovative, beautifully illustrated book grounds the practices of garden-making in Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644) 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? How did the discourse of gardens intersect with other discourses such as those of aesthetics, agronomy, geomancy, and botany? By examining the gardens of the city of Suzhou from a number of different angles, Craig Clunas provides a rich picture of a complex cultural phenomenon, one that was of crucial importance to the self-fashioning of the Ming elite. Drawing on a wide range of recent work in cultural theory, the author 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 garden's role in social life
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clunas, Craig
- Dewey number
- 712/.0951
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- SB466.C5
- LC item number
- C6 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Historic gardens
- Gardens, Chinese
- China
- Label
- Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 104
- 4
- The Represented Garden
- 137
- 5
- The Landscape of Number
- 177
- 1
- The Fruitful Garden
- 16
- 2
- The Aesthetic Garden
- 60
- 3
- The Gardens of the Wen Family
- Control code
- 33334138
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822317951
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95044802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-237) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 104
- 4
- The Represented Garden
- 137
- 5
- The Landscape of Number
- 177
- 1
- The Fruitful Garden
- 16
- 2
- The Aesthetic Garden
- 60
- 3
- The Gardens of the Wen Family
- Control code
- 33334138
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780822317951
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95044802
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Fruitful-sites--garden-culture-in-Ming-dynasty/bVXmAxnExJY/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Fruitful-sites--garden-culture-in-Ming-dynasty/bVXmAxnExJY/">Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Fruitful-sites--garden-culture-in-Ming-dynasty/bVXmAxnExJY/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/Fruitful-sites--garden-culture-in-Ming-dynasty/bVXmAxnExJY/">Fruitful sites : garden culture in Ming dynasty China, Craig Clunas</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
