A Study On The Theory Of Symbolization In Landscape

Meaning and implication are deep connotation of Landscape and important contents of creation and appreciation in landscape. Symbolization is a way of transmitting abstract meaning or implication by perceptual images. It's an influential application with a long history and far-reaching influence.The theory of symbolization in landscape is an important theory about meaning communication and implication expression in landscape. It may solves many problems in contemporary practice of landscape architecture such as the confusion of beauty, goodness and reality; lack of meaning; lowness of taste; becoming formalistic; lack of intention; ignorance of beauty of image; idea design becoming program; lack of research in beauty of meaning; deep aesthetic structure; characteristic principle, etc.There are two types of symbolization. The metaphorical symbolization and the expression symbolization of landscape have notable distinction in noumenon quality, activity quality, exertion and development, purpose of symbolization, object of symbolization, psychology of symbolization, mechanism of symbolization, meaning of the symbolization and other aspects. Furthermore, these two symbolizations may invert through accumulating, deoxidizing, arousing and can be used complexly.Metaphorical symbolization is an important method used in landscape architecture to interpret its meanings, which belongs to the cognition category, motivates the cognition activity. It can be grouped into two types as the conventional and the creational, according to the convention and its literal meaning and it's expressed in a coding language. Its expression mechanism is based on it indicative and analogical relationship. It covers topics on universe, auspice, history, religion, morality, and etc. Defining its symbolic meaning, choosing and organizing the symbols, and designing its mediums are the creation procedure in metaphorical symbolization.The expression symbolization of landscape is an important method to express meaning and implication, which the essence of it is aesthetic expression. The expression symbolization belongs to the category of beauty appreciation, it...