China is a country with a long history and a long history of culture. The turbulent history of 5,000 years has created the characteristics of the Chinese nation. The precipitation of culture is not only condensed in elegant poetry and songs and touching historical stories, but more importantly, it exists all around us and can be seen everywhere. For example, our architecture, from the architecture can not only see the style of the designer, but also the style of that era. The architectural style of ancient China is an encyclopedia that our modern people learn from, and it is our cultural treasure, not only to protect it, but also to build on it to make our architecture to a higher level. Let's walk into the ancient Chinese architecture and appreciate the style of the big country.
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Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Architecture: Platinum Edition
Book Information:
Author: Wang Qijun, eds
ISBN: TU-61/136
Collection location: Natural Science Lending Area, 4th Floor
Reason for recommendation: This book is written and drawn by Professor Wang Qijun of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, exquisite hand-drawn, in-depth and all-encompassing explanation of ancient Chinese architecture, so that you can see the beauty of ancient Chinese architecture.
Main contents: This book is a dictionary of Chinese architectural terms, all entries are illustrated, and common professional vocabulary related to Chinese architecture is explained in the book. Roofs, arches, beams, floors, tiles, paintings, palaces, cities, temples, mausoleums, houses... 29 architectural styles, more than 1,000 architectural entries, hand-painted architectural local illustrations, with a high degree of professionalism and unique visual aesthetics to present Chinese architectural ingenuity.
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Ancient Chinese architecture
Author: Liu Su
ISBN: TU-092.2/139-2
Reason for recommendation: "Architecture is a history book of stone", which is also a work of art left by the ancients. The building also contains philosophy, politics, religion, literature and art, lifestyle and other spiritual and material cultural contents, and the ancient buildings throughout the country are not only the precious outstanding cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, but also an indispensable part of our rich cultural life today.
Main contents: The book consists of two parts, some of which are the basic characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture, including the layout, artistic image, the characteristics of materials and structures, the characteristics of decorative arts, the characteristics of urban planning, the ancient Chinese architectural system, and the regional characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture. The second part is the ancient Chinese architectural types and their artistic characteristics, including city defense architecture, palace architecture, altar temple architecture, mausoleum architecture, religious architecture, garden art, academy architecture, ancestral hall architecture, guild hall architecture, guild hall architecture, residential buildings, bridges, archways.
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Not only Chinese wooden architecture
Author: Zhao Guangchao
ISBN: TU-092.2/133
Reason for recommendation: This book is a light and lively way to contact Chinese culture, and it is highly readable. Reading this book, you can not only see the characteristics of traditional architecture, but also appreciate the human civilization contained in architecture. Reading this book, we don't have to dig into the horns to study the "Yang Dongke chess root frieze rafters" these seemingly non-understand professional terms, the building is there, can not run away, you can appreciate it, listen to the story behind it.
Main contents: This book is based on Chinese civil architecture, introducing the characteristics of traditional Chinese architecture in detail; And because the author himself is also an architect, according to his own experience, the analysis obtained makes this book strongly convincing. At the same time, on the basis of ancient Chinese architecture, yumu and people, yuren and wen lead readers into the field of traditional Chinese culture, and organically unite traditional culture and traditional architecture.
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window
Author: Tian Jian
ISBN: TU-092.2/142
Reason for recommendation: This set of books is concise in content, popular in text, rich in pictures and text, and well-designed, which is suitable for readers at home and abroad to easily read, and it is easy to carry professional and cultural popular reading materials. The purpose is to let more people who love Chinese culture more fully appreciate and understand the unique richness, unique design techniques, exquisite construction skills, and exquisite details of traditional Chinese architecture, and record the memorable architectural cultural heritage for the world architectural community, and open a door of architectural knowledge and art for readers at home and abroad.
Main contents: "China Exquisite Architecture 100" is planned by China Architecture and Building Publishing House and Taiwan Jinxiu Publishing Co., Ltd., organized by China Architecture and Building Publishing House, more than 100 domestic experts, scholars and photography experts are not afraid of complexity, the historical significance of the country, representative traditional buildings for serious investigation and intensive research, and according to architectural ideas, architectural elements, palace architecture, ceremonial architecture, religious architecture, ancient towns, ancient villages, residential buildings, mausoleum buildings, garden architecture, The topics and categories of architecture such as colleges and guild halls have been systematically and scientifically sorted out and compiled over several years. This set of books is divided into special topics, and its historical background, architectural style, architectural characteristics, and architectural culture are combined with exquisite pictures and line drawings.
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A small lecture on ancient Chinese architecture
Author: Zhang Kequn
ISBN: TU-092.2/164
Recommended reasons: simple and easy to understand the language description, to help you understand the morphological beauty of various types of buildings, understand the essence and cultural connotation of different eras; a glance at the design concept analysis, so that you can quickly understand the uniqueness of outstanding buildings, feel the true meaning of art and life; pictures and texts, clear plate layout, get rid of the dreary and boring architecture books, to create a relaxed and fast information query platform. Whether you are an introductory interested in architecture or a practitioner of architecture, this book can meet your aesthetic needs and become an essential guide to fully understand and appreciate Chinese architecture in your leisure time.
Main contents: "Lectures on Ancient Chinese Architecture" uses a combination of pictures and texts to introduce the past and present lives of more than 300 indispensable buildings in China through 367 exquisite hand-drawn drawings and real photos, so that readers can better understand the history and cultural origins of royal buildings, folk buildings and religious buildings.
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