Selecting a site for a nuclear power plant requires extensive studies to ensure its safety and stability during its operation until its decommissioning. The 4,500-year old Egyptian pyramids at Giza are buildings to le...Selecting a site for a nuclear power plant requires extensive studies to ensure its safety and stability during its operation until its decommissioning. The 4,500-year old Egyptian pyramids at Giza are buildings to learn from. This paper tries to pin down the reasons for the survival of the Giza pyramids in order to reach a criterion for choosing sites for important buildings. It argues that the site selection and the geological properties of the area, being away from seismic effects,, floods and groundwater levels, the stability of the geometric form of the pyramid, the solidity of the structural engineering and precision of execution arguably are the reasons why the Great Pyramids of Giza are the only survivors of the seven wonders of the ancient world.展开更多
From the ancient time, when knowing how to draw, humans deliberately sought for good materials for drawings and wish their colors to be durable. Also from the ancient age, we, humans, knew to mix colors with oil to dr...From the ancient time, when knowing how to draw, humans deliberately sought for good materials for drawings and wish their colors to be durable. Also from the ancient age, we, humans, knew to mix colors with oil to draw. Materials at the time, however, were very gross with many shortcomings and limitations. Over the time, many generations of painters have taken great pains to search for materials and craped for paint. Nevertheless, only until the age of Van Eyck brothers （around 1390-1441） they gained great success in accomplishing and developing oil-painting techniques. Oil-painting colors until this age got purer, brighter, shinier, waterproof, sustainable, and endurable with time. Since then, oil-paint has been widely used in almost countries worldwide. It can be said that the accomplishment of oil-paint is a great technical revolution that changes and enhances the picture painting art. The painting ofoil in English means oil painting. It is the kind of the most popular and favorite pictures. It is called as the name of painting material. That is the oil paint that can be drawn on wooden, metal, and canvas surfaces, etc., Oil kinds with different materials will bring about kinds of oil paints with differentiated attributes. Oil paintings by Indian painters firstly appeared in those on Buddhism and they came to China from the 5th to 10th centuries but only until the 15th century, oil paintings got popular and developed. Oil paint finally became the key tool for painters to transfer into artistic works.展开更多
This paper expresses REN Ping＇s views on calligraphic arts and classical Chinese literature. Calligraphy and literature could not only express ideas, sentiments, and aesthetic charm, but also create harmony in relati...This paper expresses REN Ping＇s views on calligraphic arts and classical Chinese literature. Calligraphy and literature could not only express ideas, sentiments, and aesthetic charm, but also create harmony in relationships. The study focuses on his calligraphic styles such as Cursive Calligraphy （草书）, Regular Script （楷书）, Seal Script （篆书）, running style （行书） and so on. His calligraphic art creation lends a unique classical style to the Chinese movie, and shows a board and wide beauty of nature for pavilion ofZONG XIU in Hangzhou, which draws essence from ancient to nourishing the new. It is widely accepted that REN Ping＇s accomplishment results from, his accumulation of Chinese traditional culture, his rich knowledge in occidental philosophy and art, his outstanding artistic talents, and from his generosity, forthrightness, and sincerity, and his all-embracing humanistic feelings.展开更多
The literati paintings are a special art nourished by the philosophy, religion, poetry and calligraphy and many other cultural forms in ancient China, which can be regarded as the oriental comprehensive symphony. In t...The literati paintings are a special art nourished by the philosophy, religion, poetry and calligraphy and many other cultural forms in ancient China, which can be regarded as the oriental comprehensive symphony. In terms of the depth of the art, it is the tower accumulated by various Chinese cultures, rich solid. It contains the ＂morality＂, ＂elegant banter＂, ＂super shape＂, and ＂fun＂ of the literati, which can be regarded as the representative of the high difficulty and deep degree of the Chinese traditional arts, and it is the spirit of the Chinese national paintings.展开更多
文摘Selecting a site for a nuclear power plant requires extensive studies to ensure its safety and stability during its operation until its decommissioning. The 4,500-year old Egyptian pyramids at Giza are buildings to learn from. This paper tries to pin down the reasons for the survival of the Giza pyramids in order to reach a criterion for choosing sites for important buildings. It argues that the site selection and the geological properties of the area, being away from seismic effects,, floods and groundwater levels, the stability of the geometric form of the pyramid, the solidity of the structural engineering and precision of execution arguably are the reasons why the Great Pyramids of Giza are the only survivors of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
文摘From the ancient time, when knowing how to draw, humans deliberately sought for good materials for drawings and wish their colors to be durable. Also from the ancient age, we, humans, knew to mix colors with oil to draw. Materials at the time, however, were very gross with many shortcomings and limitations. Over the time, many generations of painters have taken great pains to search for materials and craped for paint. Nevertheless, only until the age of Van Eyck brothers （around 1390-1441） they gained great success in accomplishing and developing oil-painting techniques. Oil-painting colors until this age got purer, brighter, shinier, waterproof, sustainable, and endurable with time. Since then, oil-paint has been widely used in almost countries worldwide. It can be said that the accomplishment of oil-paint is a great technical revolution that changes and enhances the picture painting art. The painting ofoil in English means oil painting. It is the kind of the most popular and favorite pictures. It is called as the name of painting material. That is the oil paint that can be drawn on wooden, metal, and canvas surfaces, etc., Oil kinds with different materials will bring about kinds of oil paints with differentiated attributes. Oil paintings by Indian painters firstly appeared in those on Buddhism and they came to China from the 5th to 10th centuries but only until the 15th century, oil paintings got popular and developed. Oil paint finally became the key tool for painters to transfer into artistic works.
文摘This paper expresses REN Ping＇s views on calligraphic arts and classical Chinese literature. Calligraphy and literature could not only express ideas, sentiments, and aesthetic charm, but also create harmony in relationships. The study focuses on his calligraphic styles such as Cursive Calligraphy （草书）, Regular Script （楷书）, Seal Script （篆书）, running style （行书） and so on. His calligraphic art creation lends a unique classical style to the Chinese movie, and shows a board and wide beauty of nature for pavilion ofZONG XIU in Hangzhou, which draws essence from ancient to nourishing the new. It is widely accepted that REN Ping＇s accomplishment results from, his accumulation of Chinese traditional culture, his rich knowledge in occidental philosophy and art, his outstanding artistic talents, and from his generosity, forthrightness, and sincerity, and his all-embracing humanistic feelings.
文摘The literati paintings are a special art nourished by the philosophy, religion, poetry and calligraphy and many other cultural forms in ancient China, which can be regarded as the oriental comprehensive symphony. In terms of the depth of the art, it is the tower accumulated by various Chinese cultures, rich solid. It contains the ＂morality＂, ＂elegant banter＂, ＂super shape＂, and ＂fun＂ of the literati, which can be regarded as the representative of the high difficulty and deep degree of the Chinese traditional arts, and it is the spirit of the Chinese national paintings.
