Ming Dynasty Gardens:Sole unions of nature, art, & philosophy

Map of Modern China & Ming Dynasty (1368-

1644)

From: http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/1xarming.htm From: http://www.richardbarclay.com/traveldiary/chinamap.html

Traditions of Ming Gardens

• Professional designers creating artificial mountains• Traditional landscape painting considered analogous

with garden design: surrounding walls as paper and plants & rocks as ink

• “The idea should precede the brushstroke.”• Mostly privately owned• Garden as paradise or microcosm• Space bound by religious thought & placing history

and moral value in union

From: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/mingtrib.jpg

Yu Yuanin Gardens (1559)- Shanghai

From:http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

From: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

Both images from: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

From: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

From: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

From: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

Yu Yuanin Gardens doorways

All images from: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

From: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

Yu Yuanin Gardens windows

All images from: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

All images from: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

Both images from: http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

Liu Yuan Gardens

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/linger11.jpg

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/linger11.jpg

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/linger11.jpg

Zhou Zheng Yuan Garden

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/humble1.jpg

All images from: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/humble1.jpg

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/humble1.jpg

From: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/humble1.jpg

Both images from: http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/humble1.jpg

Bibliography

http://www.terebess.hu/kert/magankert/img/

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/1xarming.htm

http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/images/mingtrib.jpg http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/shanghai/yuyuanindex.htm

http://www.groveart.com

http://www.china.org.cn/ChinaToday/Today/ChinaToday/ct99/99-06/ct99-6e-18.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ming/hd_ming.htm