{"product_id":"9781350447424","title":"Garden Retreat in Asia and Europe Ways of Dwelling in a Torn World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGarden Retreat in Asia and Europe\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWays of Dwelling in a Torn World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYue Zhuang | Alasdair Forbes | Michael Charlesworth\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchitecture \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Garden Retreat in Asia and Europe \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the meaning of gardens and designed landscapes as places of retreat and refuge in times of need or emergency. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the current times of war, pandemic, climate change, and global anxiety, the value of the garden as a sanctuary, a space where we can find refuge in a natural environment, has taken on new and poignant meanings and has attracted increasing academic interest. Multidisciplinary and multicultural in scope, this book explores the meaning of gardens and designed landscapes as places of retreat and refuge in times of need or emergency. Examining perspectives from scholars including art historians, architects, philosophers, landscape architects and garden practitioners, it reassess the restorative impact of the garden\u003cu\u003e,\u003c\/u\u003e whether understood from an individual, cultural or environmental point of view.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging widely across Asia and Europe, its chapters examine ideas, narratives and practices from the 4th-century Chinese poet Tao Yuanming, to the 12th century Iranian polymath Omar Khayyam, through to the late 20th-century British artist and film-maker Derek Jarman.  Drawing upon traditional Asian philosophies like Buddhism, Daoism and Sufism and combining these with more recent western philosophies, the aim is to question how the unique virtues of gardens and designed landscapes can help to poise, educate, and possibly transform attitudes and behaviours in a time of personal, environmental, or cultural crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once poetic, scholarly, and rigorous, this book provides insightful reading for students and researchers in landscape architecture, garden history, architectural history, art history, and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYue Zhuang \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Chinese, Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlasdair Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and gardener who teaches a course on gardens as places of meaning at the University of Exeter, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Charlesworth\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350447424\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223576871052,"sku":"9781350447424","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0591a4d5-9e4e-4e83-8278-ad911e3afc17.jpg?v=1783077668","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350447424","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}