Gardens, Chinese: Wang Shi Yuan Garden, Suzhou, China [006]

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Title Gardens, Chinese: Wang Shi Yuan Garden, Suzhou, China [006]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 65, Special Lectures, Japan/China Comparison R, Double Projection Lecture, 124
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1981
Subject Wang Shi Yuan (Suzhou, Jiangsu Sheng, China)--Photographs; Gardens, Chinese--China--Suzhou--Photographs; Architecture--China--Suzhou--Photographs; China; Rocks
Keywords Wǎngshī Yuán; Sūzhōu; Soochow; Suchow; Su-chou; Master of the Nets Garden; Tai-hu; Scholar's stone; Wang Shih Yuan
Spatial Coverage Jiangsu Sheng (China); Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Description Photograph of attached pavilion and Taihu stone, Wang Shi Yuan, Suzhou, China
Caption on Slide Hsieh (attached pavilion) and Taihu stone, Wang Shi Yuan, Suzhou, China.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Wang Shi Yuan Garden (The Master of the Nets Garden) located in Suzhou, China, was first constructed in 1140 by Shi Zhengzhi. He was inspired by the simple and solitary life of a Chinese fisherman depicted in philosophical writings. The garden was restored and redesigned in 1785 by Song Zongyuan.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided for this image: "Dianchunyi Pavilion meaning "a small house in late spring" Wang Shih Yuan Garden (Tai-hu stone) This is the Pavilion which was reproduced at the Metropolitan Mus. in N.Y.C. c. 1980 Ming Dyn. Suzhou, China."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6kd2fgb
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 336892
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