Understanding Architectural Art

Author: Gui Xiang
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: This is a small booklet about the understanding of architectural art, mainly providing a concise overview of architectural art from the past to the present and its development. It also offers a brief and clear explanation of the principles of architectural form art and architectural spatial art. The purpose is to provide a preliminary stage for architecture students who are new to the field, or for people from all walks of life who have varying degrees of interest in architecture and its art appreciation, to understand and comprehend architecture and its art. Architectural art is an extremely complex and diverse art form. Every culture, every era, and every type of architecture can give rise to or evolve diverse languages of form and spatial art. Even the most accomplished architects may have multiple forms of artistic expression. Therefore, it is impossible for a small booklet like this to encompass the entirety of architectural art. Using straightforward language to describe the general principles and fundamental laws of architectural art, so that those interested in architectural art and its appreciation can gain a basic understanding of it, is the original intention behind writing this book. What we truly hope for is that readers will appreciate it, or that they can derive their own genuine understanding of architectural art from it.