Dee, C. (2001). Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A Visual Introduction. New York: Spon Press.
This book introduces the form and structure of landscape architecture and provides a primitive visual approach to landscape architecture research by creating spatial forms based on landscape use and experience. Explore the concepts of aesthetics, space, and experience by providing a structure that can understand and conceive landscapes in design. From this book, readers can see the integrated design of holistic and integrated sites, such as the integration of space and path. The authors combine the terrain, vegetation, structure and water to design stairs and guardrails to save space to a certain extent. Beautiful.
In modern life, there are many types of stairs. For designers, the most important thing is to consider the stability of the stairs and the use of space. This book not only introduces different kinds of stairs, but also analyzes different types of stairs. Advantages and disadvantages allow readers to have different levels of interpretation of the design of the stairs.
Eliasson, O. & Susan, M. (2004). The Weather Project. London: Tate.
On visiting the Olafur Eliasson Exhibition at Tate Modern, I was keen to learn more about Olafur Eliasson’s design works and have a copy of the exhibition book. In this book, Olafur (2004) believes that human perception and subjectivity are related and should be explored through practice and the boundaries between nature and culture. I can clearly learn from this book that Olafur (2004) takes the ubiquitous weather problem as a starting point and conducts in-depth research and explores the idea of space and time quality. This process eventually culminated in his extraordinary installation in Tate Modern. The entire exhibition is internationally renowned for its arousal and perception of nature, from misty rooms to rainbows and lighting fixtures, combined with modern technology to create an unparalleled beauty.
England, D. (2016). Curating the Digital Space for Art and Interaction. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer.
This book combines the work of curators, digital artists, human-computer interaction researchers and computer scientists to explore the common interests and challenges of supporting various forms of digital art. In “Digital Curation”, the author explores how to create art and interaction spaces together. The author looks at various challenges, such as the dynamic nature of the media, the problems associated with preserving digital art works, and the thorny issues of how to evaluate and measure viewers’ responses to interactive digital works. Readers can learn about the relationship between art and space design in this book, such as how to present the value of the artwork itself in a limited space. This book introduces the use of high technology in curation, so that readers have a more comprehensive understanding of curatorial and space design.
Gormley, A. (2015). Antony Gormley on Sculpture. London: Thames and Hudson.
This book includes Antony Gormley’s classic sculptures, and also states Gormley’s thinking about body and space. The author’s idea is to put together ancient idealized statues and Gormley’s more selfless sculptures, and readers can analyze the abstract concepts of geometry and space by looking at Gormley’s work. This book focuses on introducing Gormley’s sculptural thoughts and positioning his career and artistic philosophy in history. Readers can understand the relationship between body and space through this book. Gormley can make readers feel the existence of life and human beings timelier through his sculptures. The author expresses his emotions in a direct way of sculpture, interprets the relationship between sculpture and art from a deeper level, and gives readers better visual effects. In the author’s cognition, sculpture is not a simple artistic expression. Sculpture is a bridge from reality to the unknown. Readers and viewers can get a unique feeling that we are in space, but space also exists in us.
Kemp, M. (2006). Leonardo Da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design. London: V&A.
This book introduces Leonardo Di Piero da Vinci’s masterpieces Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Madonna of the Rocks, etc., which reflects his superb artistic attainments. He believes that the most beautiful research object in nature is the human body. The human body is the wonderful work of nature. The painter should focus on the human being.
This book focuses on the analysis of the Virgin of the Rocks. The artist is not limited by religious subjects in this painting but expresses this theme with a secular life feeling. In order to fill the character with a love of nature, he changed the so-called sacred meeting between Jesus and John into two innocent children playing at the water’s edge. But in order to point out the religious meaning, I have to make some annotations from the action, such as the little Jesus with the right finger pointing to John, the angel sitting on the ground on the right, as the beautiful messenger who came to the world from the sky, the face showed Da Vinci’s smile formula, right-handed on this scene of baptized drama, also seems to shelter them like relatives. Obviously, the painter is determined here to focus on the Virgin, giving the picture the appeal of solemnity, warmth and the blessed motherly love, rather than the life of some kind of suffering, hardship and fear. The Madonna in the middle holds John in one hand and comforts Jesus in the other, reflecting the great motherhood power of human beings.
Paik. N. (1993). Nam June Paik: Video Time – Video Space. New York: H.N. Abrams.
This book introduces Paik’s creative experience as an artist. From his work as a composer and performing artist to the multi-screen TV installations now designed, whimsical robots, bizarre TV sculptures and the production of global satellites, Paik has been at the forefront of using modern technology and creative expression. From this book, the reader can understand the process of inventing the electronic synthesizer, including the early material finishing and the final dazzling visual effects. These works earned him the title of “Father of Video Art” and completely changed the field. The book’s content includes comments on recent exhibitions, as well as Paik’s own philosophical thinking. Readers can also learn about Paik’s mentor and the late composer John Cage’s evaluation of the artist’s musical performance art.
Rudman, T. (2006). The World of Lith Printing: The Best of Traditional Darkroom and Digital Lith Printing Techniques. London: Argentum.
This book summarizes the development of printing technology and has formed a pattern in which both traditional printing and digital printing coexist.
The author analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and digital printing.
Disadvantages of traditional printing
1. Traditional printing uses more electricity, consumes more energy and has serious pollution;
2, subject to color restrictions, a printing machine can only print more than a dozen colors at the same time, the transitional natural gradient cannot be printed;
3, subject to the restrictions of the plate, the size of the flower is also limited, too large patterns cannot be printed;
4. Due to time and cost constraints, the plate making time is too long and the process is cumbersome, while the small batch and high cost;
5, the pattern requirements limit the designer’s flower design.
The advantages of digital printing
1. Digital printing has technical advantages and computer software design patterns.
2, high precision printing
3, green environmental protection.
Smith, T. (2011). Nutrition and Food Safety. New York: Chelsea House.
This book focuses on food safety issues, including the causes of foodborne illness, the conditions of food spoilage, and the necessary conditions for mold. At the beginning of the article, a recent recall of beef, spinach, peanut butter and cookie dough was made, which made local people nervous about eating some of their favorite foods. The book mentions that millions of people are infected with foodborne illness every year, although many cases are only stomach upset, but some can lead to serious illness. This book analyzes many of the risks we have in the supply of food and water, including bacterial contamination, agricultural pesticides, food additives, allergens and industrial chemicals. The necessary conditions for food spoilage summarized in this book are temperature and moisture, which means that the necessary condition for food mold is the humid external environment.
Spence, J. (1995). Cultural Sniping: The Art of Transgression. London: Routledge.
This book introduces 46-year-old Spence’s degree in photography theory and photography. She was diagnosed with breast cancer during her studies. Her two famous photographic series “Return to Nature” and “Death Mask” are best known. From this book, readers can see that her professional work focuses on gender, class, health, gender and self and society. survey. The book samples her work and provides her early documentary photos, phototherapy projects, and some collaborative work. The photos in this book also come with many articles related to photography and society, covering topics such as class conflict, gender roles, homophobia and class consciousness. Although the text is often full of terms in psychology, sociology, and political science, it also allows the reader to fully understand the author’s state of mind and all the information behind each work.
Silaci, I. & Ebringerova, P. (2001). New Interpretation of Public Visual Art in Urban Space. London: Tate.
This book discusses the importance of public space for the full value of urban people. It allows the reader to recognize that public space provides additional value in addition to the basic requirements. One of the main tasks is to provide opportunities for mobility as well as space for meetings and social interactions. The existence of art and elements enriches the public space, so it provides a new enjoyment for the perceiver. In particular, these artworks and their locations may be places for meetings, breaks and social interactions. This book deals with the new presentation of art in urban environments. The subject of the study was the restoration of art in the second half of the 20th century and the verification of possibilities by new techniques such as broad and virtual reality. The authors study the basic problems of works that have lost their natural functions, their impact on the public, and the methods of new uses.
Udale, J. (2014). Textiles and Fashion: Exploring Printed Textiles, Knitwear, Embroidery, Menswear and Womenswear. London: Fairchild Books, An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
This book explores the fusion of textile design and fashion. At the beginning of the book, a brief history of textiles was introduced and the links between textiles and technological innovation and social development were demonstrated. Readers can learn about the process of textile design, including analyzing the sustainability of textiles. The book also provides practical information on fiber production and dyeing and discusses various treatments for fabrics and the effects of colors and trends on fashion and textiles. The author also introduces the different understandings of textile fabrics by fashion and textile designers through the study of individual cases. Readers can learn about the production process of textiles and how to use textiles at work. This book also offers a variety of fabric modifications, and students in fashion design can get more inspiration from this book.
Waters, C. (2008). A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. New York: H.N. Abrams.
This book contains an appreciation of the sculptures of Adam Martinakis, a sculpture artist from Athens who specializes in the creation of digital character sculptures and presents surrealist figures through three-dimensional rendering. The Athens artist Adam Martinoquis created the digital sculpture of the futuristic character. Each 3D rendering has its own life, showing a surreal depiction of the human form. Martinickis successfully conveyed an emotional appeal through one piece after another. The incomplete form looks like a solid, usually metallic, existing and delicate structure that can be shredded into one million pieces. In fact, many of Martinu’s digital sculptures are segmented. Just as the beautiful Frankenstein creatures are pieced together, the artist presents a visual interpretation of the human condition by constantly searching for goals.
Walker, T. (2008). Pictures. West Byfleet: Te Neues.
The filming of Tim Walke in this book gives readers a powerful visual impact, both in the early research and in the filming process, which reflects the author’s strong personal color. From this book we can see photographs of different styles and different themes of the author. For example, his works often have surreal elements such as giant dolls, insects, jets, etc. These large objects are given in the scene. The unique aura of the picture is even a horrible beauty, people usually think that this is the effect of photoshop synthesis, but in fact these dreams are the visual effects of the author based on his own understanding and perception of the work. This book allows the reader to recognize a storytelling photographer, a magician who will photograph. The author will always conceive everything in the first moment, which is the perfect picture appeared in his mind, and then he will determine what kind of model he needs and what kind of lighting to use based on this illusory picture.
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