Richard, J. and Woudstra, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-2998 (2018) ‘Thoroughly Chinese’: Revealing the plants of the Hong merchants’ gardens through John Bradby Blake’s paintings. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 34 (4). ISSN 1355-4905
Abstract
John Bradby Blake’s paintings should be admired for their sophisticated arrangement of accurate botanical features and vivid colouring, but they have a greater significance than just their artistic value. They not only represent a range of plants previously unknown to the west, but the majority also reveal a range of plants grown in the gardens of Chinese in Guangzhou (Canton): therefore they provide a precious insight into a thus far relatively neglected topic in Chinese garden history, namely the cultivation of plants in gardens. This paper identifies one of the gardens from which the plants depicted might have come, and looks at how plants were used and appreciated in their Chinese context.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2018. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Richard, J. and Woudstra, J. (2017), ‘THOROUGHLY CHINESE’: REVEALING THE PLANTS OF THE HONG MERCHANTS' GARDENS THROUGH JOHN BRADBY BLAKE'S PAINTINGS. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 34: 475-497, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12214. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Landscape Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2018 15:01 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2019 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12214 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/curt.12214 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131676 |