Seeds of a Different Eden
Author | : Yu Liu |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 1570037698 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781570037696 |
Rating | : 4/5 (696 Downloads) |
Download or read book Seeds of a Different Eden written by Yu Liu and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeds of a Different Eden is a pathbreaking multidisciplinary study of the influence of Chinese gardening concepts on the English landscaping revolution of the early eighteenth century and the resulting germination of new theories of beauty and art, which took form in the works of Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and Lord Shaftesbury and culminated in the aesthetic revolution of Immanuel Kant.