Sacred Gardens and Landscapes Ritual and Agency V26: Ritual and Agency (History of Landscape Architecture Colloquium) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Sacred Gardens and Landscapes Ritual and Agency V26: Ritual and Agency (History of Landscape Architecture Colloquium) Book

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. Read More

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  • 0884023052
  • 9780884023050
  • M Conan
  • 3 July 2007
  • Harvard University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 306
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