TITLE:
Research on Traditional Structural Aesthetics in Construction Realm in China
AUTHORS:
Sumei Yu
KEYWORDS:
The Chinese Ancient Architecture, Technology and Art, Mechanics and Aesthetics
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.4 No.3,
August
10,
2016
ABSTRACT: The paper aims at indicating and demonstrating a kind of beautiful harmony in technology and art of excellent buildings of ancient China, through the analysis of cases of historic building up to the study of theoretical generalization. Any applicative, practical and durable building will conform to the simplicity of science and technology and harmony of design, and conform to the principle of beauty in the meantime. Architecture not only satisfies the need of functions, but represents the combination of skill and art, which is a sufficient integration of technology and art. The paper analyzes the relationship between technology and art of historic buildings in China by taking the typical examples of the Zhaozhou Bridge and the Hanging Temple of Hengshan, and clarifies the way of fusion between building and art, and indicates ways of fusion and reasons. In the last, the article proves the theory by the case of indoor decoration in modern building in order to defend mechanics and aesthetics in the modern buildings.