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Sacred Gardens and Landscapes

Ritual and Agency
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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.

Author Biography:

Michel Conan is Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks
Release date NZ
July 30th, 2007
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Contributions by Behula Shah
  • Contributions by Claude Calame
  • Contributions by David Matless
  • Contributions by Giorgio Galletti
  • Contributions by Laura Cameron
  • Contributions by Maria Elena Bernal-Garcia
  • Contributions by Pierre Bonnechere
  • Contributions by Richard Price
  • Contributions by Sarah Bonnemaison
  • Edited by Michel Conan
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
210 black and white photographs
Imprint
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Dimensions
239x266x31
ISBN-13
9780884023050
Product ID
2064960

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