| Titre | Un grand jardin impérial chinois : le Yuanming yuan, jardin de la Clarté parfaite | |
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| Auteur | Che Bing Chiu | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 22, 2000 L'art des jardins dans les pays sinisés. Chine, Japon, Corée, Vietnam | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | I. L'art des jardins en Chine |
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| Page | 17-50 | |
| Résumé anglais |
A great Chinese Imperial Garden : the Yuanming yuan
The Yuanming yuan, the eighteenth-century epitome of the high art of Chinese imperial gardens that was brutally sacked by British and French troops in 1860, perfectly illustrates the principles of Chinese landscape architecture : observance of geomantic prescriptions, skilful utilization of the natural relief and hydrographie conditions of the terrain, borrowings from environment and allusive references to famous landscapes and celebrated sites. The garden was a reflection of the empire on a microcosmic scale. Its five major scenic zones expressed, through its landscaped layout, a symbolism that was not only aesthetic but also religious, ritual, and political, thus profoundly rooted in Chinese tradition. Contemplation of such gardens exalted the Chinese perception of the natural world as a close union between human and cosmic nature. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_2000_num_22_22_1114 |
