Research On Architecture And Circumstance In Paintings Of Song Dynasty

The architecture relics of Song Dynasty remain relatively few, its circumstances have been damaged and rebuilt repeatedly, so it limits us to study the real architectures. But we have massive paintings of Song and all of them have described the architectures and their circumstances realistically, so they are the precious materials when we study the architectures in Song Dynasty.The architectures and architectural circumstances have been reflected in the paintings of Song Dynasty extremely rich. The paintings described foundation circumstances which mostly demonstrated the clear Feng Shui pattern; In each kind of foundation circumstances, the architectures base construction pattern, complied with the nature. The management system in courtyard circumstances and indoor circumstances were already mature, and its factors were quite complete. By using the technique of seeing small from big view, the paintings built pot which contained the wide world. And also the architectures' open characteristic of taking advantage of the natural scenery made the human beings and their circumstances a whole world. This intense awareness of circumstances largely promoted construction technology and art in Song Dynasty. The paintings of Song Dynasty not only testified the mature technology which was summarized by"Ying-tsao Fa-shih"in architectures operated by government, but reflected more comprehensive and richer than latter.According to the building logical order and from the environment point of view , this article systematically studies the architecture pattern and environmental image in paintings of Song Dynasty.The article includes six chapters. First is the introduction, which introduces the motive, object, present situation and content of the research. In second chapter the article studies the architecture and its circumstances in paintings of Song Dynasty. In...