Series | I libri di Ca’ Foscari
Catalogue | Venice and Suzhou
Chapter | I giardini di Suzhou / 苏州园林 / Suzhou Gardens
I giardini di Suzhou / 苏州园林 / Suzhou Gardens
Abstract
In every nation in the world, the garden is seen as a paradise on earth, an ʻenvironment created for the spiritʼ and ʻa form of second natureʼ. The Chinese garden is a composite cultural expression that combines the best of landscape, architecture, floriculture and all forms of art. Among the Chinese gardens, those of Suzhou are the most representative: they embody the fundamental genes of Chinese spirituality; they are the fruit of a millenary stratification of knowledge relating to the care of physical health, the cultivation of the spirit through poetry and the aesthetic fulfilment pursued by painting; they represent the expression of an oriental taste for elegance and romanticism and of a civilisation of living imbued with poetic sentiment.
Published Sept. 30, 2022 | Language: it
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