This paper summarizes the painting artistry from three painters： Le Van Mien, Nam Son, and Thang Tran Phenh with the following notable characteristics： realism, impressionism, and contemporary humanism. It is visibl...This paper summarizes the painting artistry from three painters： Le Van Mien, Nam Son, and Thang Tran Phenh with the following notable characteristics： realism, impressionism, and contemporary humanism. It is visible from their works that these three artists have managed to define their ways to create arts reflecting the Vietnamese people in the period of transition between 19th and 20th Century Vietnam. Contemporary humanism has always been a great aspiration to any painter in any time period. During the life and work of painters, it is the visible themes of human beings in their work that best reflect how the artists perceive life. While considered to be the pioneering figures in Vietnamese oil painting registry of art, the three painters Le Van Mien, Nam Son, and Thang Tran Phenh all happened to favor the humanism theme in their oil painting works. There were two most commonly accepted explanations for this choice. First of all, most artistic geometry lessons for beginners often choose the human figure to be the starting model for study and creative development. Secondly, during the tram-century period when Eastern and Western cultures collided in Vietnam during the late 19th early 20th Century, humans and most notably the Confucianists were the most vivid storytellers of the day and age.展开更多
The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a crucial case in ancient Vietnam’s planning and design history.Although historical materials indicate that the orientation of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long has a dialectica...The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a crucial case in ancient Vietnam’s planning and design history.Although historical materials indicate that the orientation of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long has a dialectical unity relationship with the surroundingmountains,current research is only speculative generalization and lacks empirical analysis.Based on existing findings,this paper identifies the collineation measurement as a generalmethod in the Sinosphere countries for determining spatial orientation.Using a mixed-method of historical archives,fieldwork and simulation model,this paper summarizeshistorical cluesandthreedesignperspectives related to spatial orientation by statistical analysis.Further,it analyzes the logic and application of collineation measurement in constructing the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.The results show that Vietnamese designers used Tàn Viên Mountain as a component of Thang Long city by collineating the twomountain peaks to the west.Tàn Viên Mountain and the highlands extending eastward fromit are used as the key to establishing the position of the Imperial Citadel,setting the spatial structure of human settlements,and the development of city space.The location,layout,and formof important buildings in the Imperial Citadel are also closely related to the surrounding landscape within 50 km.展开更多
文摘This paper summarizes the painting artistry from three painters： Le Van Mien, Nam Son, and Thang Tran Phenh with the following notable characteristics： realism, impressionism, and contemporary humanism. It is visible from their works that these three artists have managed to define their ways to create arts reflecting the Vietnamese people in the period of transition between 19th and 20th Century Vietnam. Contemporary humanism has always been a great aspiration to any painter in any time period. During the life and work of painters, it is the visible themes of human beings in their work that best reflect how the artists perceive life. While considered to be the pioneering figures in Vietnamese oil painting registry of art, the three painters Le Van Mien, Nam Son, and Thang Tran Phenh all happened to favor the humanism theme in their oil painting works. There were two most commonly accepted explanations for this choice. First of all, most artistic geometry lessons for beginners often choose the human figure to be the starting model for study and creative development. Secondly, during the tram-century period when Eastern and Western cultures collided in Vietnam during the late 19th early 20th Century, humans and most notably the Confucianists were the most vivid storytellers of the day and age.
文摘The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long is a crucial case in ancient Vietnam’s planning and design history.Although historical materials indicate that the orientation of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long has a dialectical unity relationship with the surroundingmountains,current research is only speculative generalization and lacks empirical analysis.Based on existing findings,this paper identifies the collineation measurement as a generalmethod in the Sinosphere countries for determining spatial orientation.Using a mixed-method of historical archives,fieldwork and simulation model,this paper summarizeshistorical cluesandthreedesignperspectives related to spatial orientation by statistical analysis.Further,it analyzes the logic and application of collineation measurement in constructing the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.The results show that Vietnamese designers used Tàn Viên Mountain as a component of Thang Long city by collineating the twomountain peaks to the west.Tàn Viên Mountain and the highlands extending eastward fromit are used as the key to establishing the position of the Imperial Citadel,setting the spatial structure of human settlements,and the development of city space.The location,layout,and formof important buildings in the Imperial Citadel are also closely related to the surrounding landscape within 50 km.
