1st Edition
Plants and Gardens as Artefacts in Transcultural Contexts Between Asia and Europe
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction
Minna Törmä
Part I
Chapter 2 Seventeenth-century Dutch ventures in the global rhubarb trade
Anne Gerritsen
Chapter 3 Breadfruit itineraries
Sarah Easterby-Smith
Chapter 4 Rootless Orchids could travel: Transplanting a Chinese plant iconography in the early modern world
Yizhou Wang
Part II
Chapter 5 Concordia Discors: The ‘natural’ style in Alexander Pope’s grotto – from a ‘nymphaeum’ to a ‘mine’
Yue Zhuang
Chapter 6 Questioning ‘Japaneseness’ in the Broughton House Garden
Minna Törmä
Chapter 7 East Asian inspired gardens in Sweden: Expressions of material culture and cultural encounters
Catharina Nolin
Chapter 8 Monet’s Pond in Tokyo: Global circulation of waterscape aesthetics and the politics of ecological curation
Ewa Machotka and Takehiro Watanabe
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Minna Törmä is an honorary senior lecturer research fellow in the history of art at the University of Glasgow and adjunct professor of art history at the University of Helsinki.
"Rich in new research and underpinned by a sophisticated engagement with questions of methodology, this impressive collection ranges widely in time and space. By focussing on the complex transcultural 'itineraries' of plants, images and spaces from the early modern period to the contemporary, each essay provides an individually enlightening case study, while taken together they make a significant contribution to our understanding of phenomena at the intersection of nature and culture."
-- Craig Clunas, FBA, University of Oxford
"Taking examples from the history of trade, art, architecture, and landscape design, the essays in this volume give us a nuanced understanding of how plants—as objects, images, or symbols—shaped transcultural exchanges. A timely contribution to a largely neglected field, highly informative and a pleasant read."
--Anton Schweizer, Kyushu University
