Sacred gardens and landscapes : ritual and agency ; [Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture XXVI, held at Dumbarton Oaks, May 10 - 12, 2002] / ed. by Michel Conan
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 i...
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Place / Publishing House: | Washington, DC, 2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2007 |
Language: | English |
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Classification: | 21.74 - Landschaftsgestaltung. Gartenkunst 11.99 - Theologie, Religionswissenschaft: Sonstiges |
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Physical Description: | 314 S.; zahlr. Ill., Kt.; 27 cm |
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Summary: | 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. |
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ISBN: | 9780884023050 0884023052 |
ac_no: | AC08520807 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Michel Conan |