Gardens, Chinese: Wang Shi Yuan Garden, Suzhou, China [059]

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Title Gardens, Chinese: Wang Shi Yuan Garden, Suzhou, China [059]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 65, Special Lectures, Japan/China Comparison R, Double Projection Lecture, 127
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; Walls; Moon; Women; Children
Keywords Wǎngshī Yuán; Sūzhōu; Soochow; Suchow; Su-chou; Master of the Nets Garden; Wang Shih Yuan
Spatial Coverage Jiangsu Sheng (China); Suzhou (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Description Photograph of a woman and two children as viewed through a window looking out to garden, Wang Shi Yuan Garden, Suzhou, China
Caption on Slide View through moon window out to garden, Wang Shi Yuan Garden (Master of the Fishing Nets Garden), 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.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s69w0z2r
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 336894
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69w0z2r
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