本畫(huà)冊(cè)將圓明園西洋樓區(qū)域的八十多個(gè)石雕陳?ài)E匯集成冊(cè)。包括十二生肖獸首的細(xì)部、西洋風(fēng)格混合了中國(guó)制造工藝的石構(gòu)件,還有園內(nèi)“大水法”的精細(xì)圖錄等。通過(guò)一張張精美的圖片,緬懷中國(guó)古代建筑及裝飾藝術(shù)的高水準(zhǔn),見(jiàn)識(shí)古代中國(guó)兼容并蓄的藝術(shù)胸懷,并對(duì)中西合璧的藝術(shù)精華集圖致禮。中文、德文、 英文三種文字對(duì)照。
This book shows the “relics” of the Yuan Ming Yuan with more than eighty stone antiquities collected in this volume as a European première. It contains details of the heads of the twelve animals of the Zodiac, artistic stone artifacts created in China but mingled with European stylistic elements, as well as a comprehensive catalogue of the “Da Shui Fa” garden. Each image reflects the Chinese perspective on the creations of European artistic craftwork or, conversely, the European perspective on decorative elements of Chinese charm. For the Yuan Ming Yuan is characterized to an unusual degree by the combination of Western and Chinese artistic traditions, thus reflecting the fondness of the Chinese Emperors for Western art during this heyday of Chinese artistic and architectural traditions.