The Classical Gardens of Shanghai
A Chinese garden is not a western garden — there are tricks to “seeing” a classical Chinese garden, explains Shelly Bryant, author of The Classical Gardens of Shanghai. Bryant does just this in her brilliant book, opening the reader’s eyes to an appreciation of Chinese gardens.
The Classical Gardens of Shanghai looks at Shanghai’s five remaining classical Chinese gardens through their origins and tumultuous histories, guiding the reader through the gardens as they are today and providing the context with which to begin to truly appreciate this ancient Chinese art form.
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