Landscape Designing

LANDSCAPE DESIGNING FRMT 325 Cr. Hr. 3(1+2)

Lesson 11:Garden Adornments And Structures

Stone Lantern

• The Japanese garden almost always has its stone lanterns.
• The idea of stone lantern originated with the tea-garden and at one time served to illuminate the garden, but now has a purely decorative value.
• Lanterns are generally carved in stone.


• The column of the lantern may be cylindrical or square.
• The fire box is carved in an ornamental manner.
• There are very many designs of lanterns.
• Lanterns are also made out of iron and bronze.
  

  The metal lanterns are usually placed close to the house, set on a rock or hung from the eaves.

• Placement of the stone lanterns is done in a naturalistic way in different pockets and situations.
• To increase the feeling of depth, lanterns may be slightly masked by plants, so that at night light is partially screened, resulting in a glimmering effect.
• Lanterns look natural by the side of the streams, torrents and pools in which the banks are laden with pieces of stone.
• They also find place in the wild garden, woodland garden, behind an arched stone bridge, in a temple garden, in a tea garden, in a stone or rock garden, in an aquatic garden or a palace garden.
• Stone lanterns should never be connected with electric wires.
• Japanese stone lanterns can either be broad - roofed or narrow -roofed.
• Broad-roofed lanterns are commonly called "Snow view." or "Yukimi Lanterns" because it gives a charming effect to the landscape when it is snow bound. These types of lanterns are made of white stone or white marble and are suitable for areas having snowfall. <.,
• The narrow - roofed lanterns are called "Kasuga lanterns" have a six-facet fire box and derived their name from the Kasuga temple in Japan where these are found in abundance.
• Decorative metal lanterns can be fixed over metallic ornamental columns or pillars.
• The lanterns should be positioned in suitable places near the house or near a stream or pool.