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JAPANESE ZEN AND TEA-CEREMONY GARDENS
ISAMU NOGUCHI: A REMINISCENT MIND
SEBASTIAN SEVERINO HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE
JAPANESE GARDENS
From the ancient Shintoist depths of Japan emerged the belief that divine forces manifest themselves in various features of nature, such as mountains, waterfalls and trees. ...
ISAMU NOGUCHI
Isamu Noguchi’s father was a famous Japanese poet and his mother an American writer. ... Isamu Noguchi is a deeply Japanese sculptor but ultimately very international and modern in his assertion of himself as an artist (a Western concept). ... UNESCO GARDEN, PARIS
UNESCO’s garden, a donation by the Japanese government, is marked throughout by the Japanese spirit and at the same time it expresses Noguchi’s individual artistic creativity. ...
While the spirit of the garden is Japanese, the actual composition of the natural rocks belongs to Noguchi with the exception of the large stone and hill arrangement which closely follows the common Horai (sacred mountain) tradition. ... Noguchi says: “Everything in the garden is thus given a personal twist, and so it may not be considered a true Japanese garden. ...
Sculpture is the mountain, one of Noguchi’s concept, meaning that nothing is more sculptural than rocks in nature, and they represent the most profound Japanese expression of sculpture, only now being appreciated as a form of abstract sculpturing. ... First of all, the garden can be viewed as a whole by visitors: Noguchi created the platform (butai), or upper garden, in order to achieve this. ... Isamu Noguchi has left such a lasting stamp on this garden that its upkeep does not allow for traditional creative development. ...
Isamu Noguchi owes Zen masters, such as Muso Kokushi their legacy and knowledge. ...
ZEN GARDEN (RYOAN-JI) VS, SUNKEN GARDEN
Isamu Noguchis Sunken Garden is situated in the open plaza in front of the Chase Manhattan Bank building. ... Noguchi recurs again to his historic mind to rescue elements from Japanese olden times. ... The surface slopes gently, creating a series of low hills and valleys topped by seven black boulders of varying sizes that Noguchi collected from the bottom of the Uji River in Kyoto, Japan. ...
Noguchi drew on the concept of Japanese Zen meditation gardens in his creation of Sunken Garden. ...
Although Noguchi found inspiration in traditional Japanese gardens, in particular the garden at the Ryoan-ji Temple, Noguchi veered from tradition in many aspects of his design. Noguchi comments: "I have never been interested in doing a Japanese garden itself”. Instead, Noguchi chose what he wanted to include from among the many rules governing the design of Japanese gardens, and adjusted the rest to fit his needs. In describing some of his choices in Sunken Garden, Noguchi writes "I had said that in the West the ideal was to triumph over gravity, and that in doing a rock garden in America it would be logical to have the rocks themselves levitate".
Approximate Word count = 2220
Approximate Pages = 8.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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