Traditional Japanese Gardens December 4, 2010

Lecture & slideshow meets in the Cultural Exchange Center. Learn about the elements of Japanese home & garden layout, construction, and maintenance using inspirational images from the instructors' study of gardens in Japan, lecture, chalk board, question, and answer. Topics include: Human use; site characteristics; artistic expression; historical architecture & garden styles; indoor-outdoor relationships; structures; enclosure; topography; uses of stone; water features; plants; design devices such as forced perspective, diagonal and triangular movement, borrowed scenery, hide & real; parallels to other traditions; learning resources and more.