THE members of the International Olympic Bidding Committee in Monte Carlo were amazed at Lang Zhili’s skill in dough modelling. That was in 1993, and the Chinese folk artist was showing her skill to the Committee mem...THE members of the International Olympic Bidding Committee in Monte Carlo were amazed at Lang Zhili’s skill in dough modelling. That was in 1993, and the Chinese folk artist was showing her skill to the Committee members. Holding the dough figures that Lang gave them as presents, they could hardly believe that a simple piece of dough could be made into a peace dove so real it appeared ready to fly away. There was also a lovely rabbit, a Chinese boy with a football under his arm, the God of Longevity, the Buddha Maitreya... all looked completely lifelike.展开更多
Architectural decoration is a key demonstration of architectural styles, and traditional Chinese architectural forms originating from diversified architectural decorative arts. This paper explored facade decorative ar...Architectural decoration is a key demonstration of architectural styles, and traditional Chinese architectural forms originating from diversified architectural decorative arts. This paper explored facade decorative art of traditional architecture from the perspectives of carving art decoration, roof type, stylobate and railing, window and door type, and ground pavement, and also elaborated artistic methods of different forms in each aspect. On the basis of investigating Shengjinta historic and archaistic block, the paper also introduced application of decorative arts, and provided references for applying facade decorative arts of traditional architecture in the future archaistic blocks.展开更多
文摘THE members of the International Olympic Bidding Committee in Monte Carlo were amazed at Lang Zhili’s skill in dough modelling. That was in 1993, and the Chinese folk artist was showing her skill to the Committee members. Holding the dough figures that Lang gave them as presents, they could hardly believe that a simple piece of dough could be made into a peace dove so real it appeared ready to fly away. There was also a lovely rabbit, a Chinese boy with a football under his arm, the God of Longevity, the Buddha Maitreya... all looked completely lifelike.
文摘Architectural decoration is a key demonstration of architectural styles, and traditional Chinese architectural forms originating from diversified architectural decorative arts. This paper explored facade decorative art of traditional architecture from the perspectives of carving art decoration, roof type, stylobate and railing, window and door type, and ground pavement, and also elaborated artistic methods of different forms in each aspect. On the basis of investigating Shengjinta historic and archaistic block, the paper also introduced application of decorative arts, and provided references for applying facade decorative arts of traditional architecture in the future archaistic blocks.
