Frozen symphony

Author: He Ping (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Landscape architecture reflects the aesthetic and artistic characteristics of a civilization, as well as the visual and poetic biases through which that civilization observes and arranges the world. This book reveals the vastness, depth, and elegance of European civilization through entertaining anecdotes and exquisite images. Focusing on introducing the essence of classical European landscape architecture and discussing the styles and schools of European landscape architectural design, this book also includes anecdotes related to famous landscape architectural works. The book contains approximately 100 high-quality, clearly captured photographs and about 550,000 words of appreciative text. The term "classical architecture" in this book not only refers to buildings from the Greek and Roman periods but also includes architecture from the Renaissance to the 19th century in Europe. "Classical" generally refers to a building where decorative elements are directly or indirectly inspired by ancient (especially Roman) architectural vocabulary. For example, the five orders of columns made according to classical architectural standards, the standard treatment of doors, windows, and gable ends, as well as the standard types of moldings used for all these elements.