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Gardens of Gravel and Sand
Leonard Koren
A simple and provocative book offering a revisionist photo-essay on the ever-popular Japanese "dry landscape" or "rock" gardens. Not Zen, possibly art, more like "meta-gardens", gravel and sand compositions reject nature, yet are made of omnipresent natural dust. Quick to crumble, they are defiantly maintained by priest/rakers. Credited with philosophical profundity, their origins are murky, their meanings uncertain but immediate. Koren deliberately ignores "celebrity" rocks, moss, and foliage to demystify and explore a most peculiar human enterprise. Beautifully illustrated with duotone photographs of gravel and sand gardens in Kyoto.
About the author:
Leonard Koren, who lives in San Francisco and Tokyo, trained as an artist and architect. He is author of Wabi-Sabi, Undesigning the Bath, and How to Take a Japanese Bath.
Paperback: 96 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.32 x 9.50 x 6.08
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press; (June 1, 2000) Usually ships in 24 hours
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