Garden of the Cessation of Official Life
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Ran across a photograph of the “Garden of the Cessation of Official Life” in Marilyn Stokstad’s Art History vol II. The garden was originally built during the Ming dynasty, and is located in Suzhou, China. (The detail on the left is from an unspecified garden in Suzhou, courtesy of akim95 on stock.xchng.) Blahblahblah. It’s the title that intrigues me - an aesthetic recognition that “official life” is sufficiently onerous to justify a garden in which to enjoy its cessation. |
