LARC 1950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chinese Garden, Empty Spaces, Sansui Electric

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Landscape Architecture
• Course: LARC 1950
• Professor: Ben O' Hara

Document Summary

History is but a confused heap of facts. Chinese gardens: landscape as a text, encoded meaning, memory and association, experiential space (notes) chinese gardens. They developed the idea of landscape as a text, it was encoded with meanings. It was a place to experience; to enjoy the unfolding scenery, to move throughout it. Defining form of mountains and lakes represented into the garden form. Chinese gardens: imitate the balances found in nature, yin and yang, rocks = mountains = yin = male, water = yang = female, mystical immortals (notes) the ideas of their religion were transmitted into their garden. They all shared a common respect for nature. See contrast to the geometric forms of cities being built and organic natural form of gardens being built. Painting and gardening: song dynasty, established a capital in the northern city of kaifeng, facilitated urban and economic growth, extraordinary achievements in technology (notes) landscape painting has a huge influence on landscape design.