中西文明读第5章 Arts.ppt

Chapter Five Arts 【5.1 Arts of China】 【中国的艺术】 5.1.1 Traditional Chinese Architecture Features Architectural Bilateral Symmetry Enclosure Hierarchical Horizontal Emphasis Cosmological Concepts II. Classification by Structure Chinese classifications for architecture include: Chinese pavilions (ting亭) terraces (tai台) Multistory buildings (lou楼) Two-story pavilions (ge阁) Verandas with windows (xuan轩) Chinese pagodas (ta塔) Pavilions or houses on terraces (xie榭) Rooms along roofed corridors (wu屋) dougong interlocking wooden brackets, often used in clusters to support roofs and add ornamentation. (dougong斗拱) Caisson domed or coffered ceiling (zaojing藻井) 5.1.1 Traditional Chinese Architecture III. Architectural Types Commoner Imperial Religious Temple 5.1.1 Traditional Chinese Architecture The Chinese painting is a characteristic art form of China. Aside from thecharacteristic painting brush that is different from those used in Western painting, theChinese painting sets a high value on the painter’s expression through the brush strokes.In that sense it is quite similar to Chinese calligraphy, and there is a saying“Chinesecalligraphy and Chinese painting share one origin.” 5.1.2 Chinese Paintings In the burgeoning stage of the Chinese calligraphy (the Shang Dynasty to the Warring States Period, from the l7th century BC to the 3rd century BC), the Chinese characters experienced several evolutionary changes from the oracle bone script and the bronze inscription script to the large seal script. After a long development of calligraphy, when China was unified in the Qin Dynasty (221—206 BC), the Chinese characters used in the entire country were made uniform too, and the Qin seal script (or the small seal script) and the Qin clerical script were created. A milestone in the history of the Chinese Calligraphy, the creation of these two scripts laid a solid foundation for the development of the Chinese calligraphy as an independent art form and opened up new roa