Japanese Zen Gardens

Although we could look at many web pages, we can do the job very well with just this one: The Japanese Garden — created by Clifton C. Olds, Professor of Art History Emeritus at Bowdoin College in Maine.  

I encourage you to look through the whole thing, but in class we will focus on two gardens:

Daisen-in and Ryoan-ji. The Zen Garden at Ryoan-ji (shown above) is probably the most recognizable and important works of art ever made. 

For Ryoan-ji you can also consult the official site, the Wikipedia article, and this site from Columbia University. 

Although we could look at many web pages, we can do the job very well with just this one: The Japanese Garden — created by Clifton C. Olds, Professor of Art History Emeritus at Bowdoin College in Maine.  

I encourage you to look through the whole thing, but in class we will focus on two gardens:

Daisen-in

and 

Ryoan-ji 

(OK, I lied, for Ryoan-ji also see this and this and this.)