Illustrated Album of Chinese Architectural Art

Author: Liang Sicheng Liu Zhiping
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The craftsmen of that time, each working in the inevitable environmental influence, were like boats in the vast sea, drifting with the wind. Where they drifted in the vast sea of culture was something they were absolutely unaware of. During that period, only the influence of the times drove the craftsmen to create styles formed by the era; unlike modern architects, who consciously want to imprint their so-called individuality onto buildings. Mr. Liang Sicheng dedicated his life to collecting and organizing materials on Chinese ancient architecture. In his early years, he analyzed and explained the results of decades of research on ancient architecture and published them successively in the Journal of the Society for the Study of Chinese Architecture. Later, he categorized the detailed photographs of these architectural elements according to their positions on the buildings—such as foundations, railings, dougong (bracket sets), caiwang (ornamental ceilings), and tianhuo (coffered ceilings)—and compiled them into an illustrated collection, accompanied by brief descriptions, to form this Illustrated Collection of Chinese Architectural Art. This book is beautifully printed and exquisitely bound, making it suitable for architects and researchers to study and reference, as well as for readers who love architectural culture to appreciate and collect.