Garden Art
Martin J. Powers
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This chapter examines the evolution of gardens in China divided into five major historical periods. It first deals with the shift in the ontological significance of gardens from the Bronze Age to the Han period, followed by a discussion on the transformation of gardens as emblems of eremitism from the Six Dynasties period through the Tang dynasty (third through tenth centuries CE). Next, the chapter describes the development of the landscape garden from the Song period through the Ming dynasty (tenth through sixteenth centuries). Then, the formation of an independent art of garden and its demise under the pressure of conspicuous consumption from the late Ming to early Qing (seventeenth through mid-eighteenth centuries) is discussed. Finally, the impact of popular anxieties and dreams upon garden design and practices during the later Qing dynasty (nineteenth century) is examined.
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