Spaces In Translation: Japanese Gardens And The West (Penn Studies In Landscape Architecture)

In Spaces in Translation, Christian Tagsold explores Japanese gardens in the West and ponders their history, the reasons for their popularity, and their connections to geopolitical events. He concludes that a process of cultural translation between Japanese and Western experts created an idea of the Orient and its distinction from the West.

• | Author: Christian Tagsold
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Architecture
• | ISBN-10: 0812246748
• | ISBN-13: 9780812246742