"A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers "Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffit… Mehr…
"A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers "Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. "The Lotus Quest "takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages. Media >, [PU: St Martin's Press]<
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St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., St. Martin's Press, 2.5<
"A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers "Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffit… Mehr…
"A captivating history of one of the world's most iconic and mysterious flowers "Bewitched by a lotus which flowered from three-thousandyear- old seeds in his English garden, Mark Griffiths set out to track the origins and significance of this sublime plant in this beautifully-illustrated book. "The Lotus Quest "takes Griffiths from the headquarters of the Linnaean Society in London to a mountain top in northern Japan. As he travels in search of this ancient flower, Griffiths looks at the lotus's significance in ancient Egypt and India, the plant's medicinal uses and the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. As he tracks the plant, its story unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era with visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes as well as meetings with priests and archaeologists, philosophers and anthropologists, gardeners and botanists, poets and artists. He even dines on the lotus in a Tokyo cafe. By the end of Griffiths' journey, when he reaches the hauntingly beautiful Japanese temple of Chuson-ji, readers will finally understand why the lotus has obsessed people throughout the ages. Media >, [PU: St Martin's Press]<
St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex… Mehr…
St. Martin's Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., St. Martin's Press, 2.5<
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The author goes in search of the mystery of the Lotus, sacred flower from Egypt to Japan, touching on its medicinal uses as well as the inspiration it has provided to Western artists. Most of all, he unveils a stunning vision of Japan's feudal era in visits to shrines, ruins, gardens and wild landscapes. "From the Hardcover edition."
Detailangaben zum Buch - The Lotus Quest: In Search of the Sacred Flower
EAN (ISBN-13): 9780312641481 ISBN (ISBN-10): 0312641486 Gebundene Ausgabe Erscheinungsjahr: 2010 Herausgeber: ST MARTINS PR 338 Seiten Gewicht: 0,580 kg Sprache: eng/Englisch
Buch in der Datenbank seit 2011-02-26T18:25:47+01:00 (Berlin) Detailseite zuletzt geändert am 2023-12-01T14:21:54+01:00 (Berlin) ISBN/EAN: 0312641486
ISBN - alternative Schreibweisen: 0-312-64148-6, 978-0-312-64148-1 Alternative Schreibweisen und verwandte Suchbegriffe: Autor des Buches: dan griffiths Titel des Buches: lotus, the search for sacred, the mark the sacred, quest the sacred
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