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From conception to reception: transforming the Japanese garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden

From conception to reception: transforming the Japanese garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden From conception to reception: transforming the Japanese garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden josee desranleau & peter jacobs Successful works of art are contingent upon their ongoing positive reception. the afterlife of the project, the client’s modifications of the original design may This is especially true of works that are constantly subject to change, as is the case produce a diversity of presentations and subsequent receptions of the garden with garden design. The theory of reception suggests that, initially, success relies that is very difficult to predict. on a balanced mixture of novelty grafted on well-known patterns. But the lasting This article explores the life-cycle dynamics of the garden-design process as popularity of a work of art is determined by its ability to relate so deeply to the it flows from intention, conception, and realisation to ongoing reception. It reader’s human experience that it transcends cultures and endures the passage of focuses on the filters that operate throughout this process, modifying a work of time. The sheer richness of an artistic masterpiece provides for and even garden design from the early stages of its inception through the various phases stimulates different interpretations, or ‘readings’, which enable it to be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes Taylor & Francis

From conception to reception: transforming the Japanese garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden

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Taylor & Francis
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10.1080/14601170701788916
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From conception to reception: transforming the Japanese garden in the Montreal Botanical Garden josee desranleau & peter jacobs Successful works of art are contingent upon their ongoing positive reception. the afterlife of the project, the client’s modifications of the original design may This is especially true of works that are constantly subject to change, as is the case produce a diversity of presentations and subsequent receptions of the garden with garden design. The theory of reception suggests that, initially, success relies that is very difficult to predict. on a balanced mixture of novelty grafted on well-known patterns. But the lasting This article explores the life-cycle dynamics of the garden-design process as popularity of a work of art is determined by its ability to relate so deeply to the it flows from intention, conception, and realisation to ongoing reception. It reader’s human experience that it transcends cultures and endures the passage of focuses on the filters that operate throughout this process, modifying a work of time. The sheer richness of an artistic masterpiece provides for and even garden design from the early stages of its inception through the various phases stimulates different interpretations, or ‘readings’, which enable it to be

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Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes – Taylor & Francis

Published: Sep 1, 2009

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