Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
The Pleasures of Chinese Gardens
Presented by the Center for East Asian Garden Studies.
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Phillip E. Bloom, June and Simon K.C. Li Curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies, examines a selection of gardens from Song-dynasty (960–1279) China that explicitly thematized both the sensual and intellectual pleasures of gardening. The talk argues that close attention to the pleasures afforded by Chinese gardens enables us to reconcile their myriad, often contradictory, functions.
This event will be held online via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to attendees in their registration confirmation email.
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