| Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Ritual and Agency (Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium Series in the History of Landscape Architecture) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Maria Elena Bernal-garcia, Pierre Bonnechere, Sarah Bonnemaison, Claude Calame, Laura Cameron, Giorgio Galletti, David Matless, Richard Price, Behula Shah, Patrick R. Stanley-baker, Michel Vieillard-baron, Angel Julian Garcia Zambrano, Michel Conan
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 654133
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 306
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 9.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0884023052
Dewey Decimal Number: 203.5
EAN: 9780884023050
ASIN: 0884023052
Publication Date: June 30, 2007
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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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