💎 Ji Cheng The Craft of Gardens

Ji Cheng explains how gardens can be created in harmony with nature, discussing the use of rocks, water, plants, buildings, paths and carefully composed views.

This beautifully illustrated edition offers a fascinating insight into traditional Chinese garden design and aesthetics. With photographs, drawings, plans and historical illustrations, it is an important work for anyone interested in Chinese art, landscape architecture, garden history and the relationship between architecture and nature.

Ji Cheng, translated by Alison Hardie, photographs by Zhong Ming, with a foreword by Maggie Keswick. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1988, first edition, 144 p., richly illustrated, linen hardcover with original dust jacket. Very good condition.