The Lure of the Japanese Garden
$31.02
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2002
Summary
The Lure of the Japanese Garden takes you on a tour of 120 gardens across Japan, covering a broader geographical spread than any other book available in English or Japanese. Along the way Alison Main and Newell Platten describe not only the garden’s physical aspects, but also the historical, symbolic, religious and meditative meanings, purposes and allusions embodied in them. Essays offer personal and amusing insights into the authors’ travels in Japan and maps and comprehensive dire…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781862545618 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1862545618 |
| Author: | Newell Platten, Alison Main, Julie Moir Messervy |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2002 |
| Weight: | 858g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 316mm x 270mm |
About The Author
Newell Platten
Alison Main is a painter and a digital media artist with an award-winning career in architecture.
Newell Platten is an urban design consultant and a Member of the Order of Australia for services to architecture and town planning with an award-winning career in architecture.
Alison and Newell have traveled to Japan since 1985 and developed a strong interest in Japanese culture. They live in Adelaide.
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