Penjing: The Chinese Art Of Bonsai Hardcover Book

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Release Year
2012
ISBN
9781602200098
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Shanghai Press
ISBN-10
1602200092
ISBN-13
9781602200098
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126269276

Product Key Features

Book Title
Penjing: the Chinese Art of Bonsai : A Pictorial Exploration of Its History, Aesthetics, Styles and Preservation
Number of Pages
156 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Container, Japanese Gardens, Ornamental Plants
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Gardening
Author
Qingquan Zhao
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
32.7 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
10.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
635.9772
Synopsis
Penjing is an exquisite Chinese traditional art, similar to bonsai but with one major difference: Penjing is a landscape in a pot, while bonsai is more simply a tree in a pot. This exquisite art form is an exceptional tool to teach an understanding of the Chinese approach to nature and to life. This lovely book showcases the Chinese art of penjing in all its aspects and covers all three categories, tree penjing, rock penjing, and water-and-land penjing. A feast for the eyes, Penjing: The Art of Chinese Bonsai provides a wealth of information for the academically inclined as well as the practically minded., With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, this Chinese gardening book is a wonderful introduction to penjing --China's treasured bonsai art. Although most people thing bonsai is a Japanese invention, the art originated in ancient China where it is called penjing . The two Chinese characters for penjing (pot and landscape) capture the essence of this art: sculpting microcosms of the beauty of the natural world from plants, rocks, soil, and water, both as an artistic process and as horticultural cultivation. Both penjing and bonsai are art forms that express the beauty of nature. In China, bonsai, as a part of penjing, is often called tree penjing, or tree in a pot. The Chinese divide penjing into three categories: tree penjing, rock penjing, and water-and-land penjing. This Chinese gardening book showcases the Chinese art of penjing in all its aspects for the benefit of penjing aficionados and all other readers interested in Chinese culture. It covers the concept, history, categories, aesthetic features, techniques, display, appreciation, and preservation of penjing. It is a feast for the eyes while providing a wealth of information for the academically inclined as well as the practically minded. There are more than 300 lavish illustrations grouped into three different categories of penjing. The reader will not only be awed by the beautiful compositions of penjing, but will also learn about the Chinese approach to nature and to life., With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, this Chinese gardening book is a wonderful introduction to penjing --China's treasured bonsai art. Although most people thing bonsai is a Japanese invention, the art originated in ancient China where it is called penjing . The two Chinese characters for penjing ("pot" and "landscape") capture the essence of this art: sculpting microcosms of the beauty of the natural world from plants, rocks, soil, and water, both as an artistic process and as horticultural cultivation. Both penjing and bonsai are art forms that express the beauty of nature. In China, bonsai, as a part of penjing, is often called "tree penjing," or "tree in a pot." The Chinese divide penjing into three categories: tree penjing, rock penjing, and water-and-land penjing. This Chinese gardening book showcases the Chinese art of penjing in all its aspects for the benefit of penjing aficionados and all other readers interested in Chinese culture. It covers the concept, history, categories, aesthetic features, techniques, display, appreciation, and preservation of penjing. It is a feast for the eyes while providing a wealth of information for the academically inclined as well as the practically minded. There are more than 300 lavish illustrations grouped into three different categories of penjing. The reader will not only be awed by the beautiful compositions of penjing, but will also learn about the Chinese approach to nature and to life.
LC Classification Number
SB433.5

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