Suna no Bi 砂の美. A critical appreciation of sand in Japanese karesansui 枯山水 gardens
The paper offers a critical appreciation of sand in the Japanese tradition of karesansui 枯山水gardens. At first, sand is approached from a phenomenological standpoint, then described in relation to the Daoist ideals of “blandness” (dan 淡) and its original function in Shinto shrines. The following sect...
| Published in: | Rivista di Estetica |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rosenberg & Sellier
2022-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/estetica/14879 |