What are the similarities and differences between the formation and development of Western architectural color and Chinese architectural color?

The colors of ancient Chinese architecture are very rich. Some of the hues are sharp, strong contrasts, some of the hues are harmonious, simple and elegant. Architects according to different needs and customs and habits and choose to apply. All palaces, altars, temples, temples and other buildings more contrasting, distinctive colors: red walls and yellow tiles (or other colors of the tile) against the green trees and the blue sky, coupled with the eaves of the gold and blue paintings, so that the entire ancient architecture appears to be extraordinarily gorgeous. In the expression of the characteristics of Chinese ancient architectural art, glazed tiles and color paintings are two very important aspects.

Western architecture every time to huge volume and transcendent scale to emphasize the eternal and sublime architectural art. They have a strict geometry, often with a sense of flare of the dome and minarets to render the vertical strength of the house, to form a proud stand, and nature against the appearance of the characteristics. The representatives of ancient Egyptian architectural culture - pyramids and temples, will highlight this feature. Pyramid is the Egyptian pharaoh or the tomb of the nobility, the ancient Egyptians believe in the concept of immortality of the soul, that after the death of the permanent preservation of the physical body, you can seek eternal life in heaven. As a result, Egyptian pharaohs in their lifetime to build their own pyramids on behalf of the eternal faith. Pyramid and our ancient royal tombs is absolutely different, it does not come with "into the ground for peace" of the feminine beauty, not in the deep underground palace to create like the world of affluence and magnificent life of the underground paradise, but the most concise and powerful geometric form, focusing on the expression of a kind of eternal theme with the world to live forever. From the concept of philosophy of art, is located on the west bank of the Nile River, near the suburbs of Cairo, Geelong pyramid group, it is its huge, simple, simple, stable shape, in the vast, primitive, pristine desert, the expression of a supernatural pure masculine beauty, and produce a strong monumental - sacred, eternal, solemn, sublime.

Ancient Egyptian temples are the same, such as the Temple of Amun in Karnak, the building is huge and heavy, majestic and mysterious, completely revealing a masculine sublime beauty. Amon Temple is the most famous hall, also known as the "many columns hall", its area of 5,000 square meters, densely arranged with sixteen rows of one hundred and thirty-four tall and sturdy stone columns. Their base diameter is larger than the distance between the columns. This treatment is obviously the pursuit of oppressive, supersensible artistic effect. Marx said in the Western religious architecture, said: "the huge image of shocking, so that people are surprised ...... these behemoths, as if naturally occurring volume, material impact on the human spirit, the spirit of the weight of the material under the feeling of repression, and the feeling of repression is the starting point of worship. " Amon temple architecture is exaggerated by the weight of this purely material, designed to cause people to be shocked and shocked by the view, where the beautiful, subtle feminine beauty has been completely rejected.

There is also Gothic architecture: the structural system of Gothic churches consists of skeleton coupons of stone and flying buttresses. Its basic unit is a square or rectangular plane at the corners of the columns to make a double center of the circle skeleton pointed coupons, one on each of the four sides and diagonal, roof slate frame on the coupons, forming a vault. With this method, you can make coupons with the same vector height on different spans, with light weight vaults and clear intersecting lines, which reduces the thrust of the coupon feet and simplifies the construction.

Flying handrail by the side of the hall outside the pillar pier coupon, balancing the foot of the hall arch side thrust. In order to increase stability, often in the pillar pier spire. As a result of the use of pointed coupons, pointed arches and flying buttresses, the Gothic church's interior space is high and open, simple, unified. Decorative details such as flaps, niches, etc. are also used pointed coupons for the theme, architectural style and structural techniques to form an organic whole.

From the material:

Chinese architecture to wood as a material, to wood structure that is the frame structure.

So the most common typical Chinese buildings have columns and beams, which are the support of the whole building.

Because wood is the main material, it is difficult for wooden buildings to be spared from regime changes, natural and man-made disasters, so the ones that have been preserved to this day are from 300 to 400 years ago, or one to two hundred years ago, and they need to be repaired almost every year.

Western buildings are made of stone and are mainly brick structures.

Churches are the most typical buildings in the West and the essence of Western architecture.

Because of the material of stone, western architecture has been able to stand for thousands of years.

In the final analysis: the characteristics of Chinese and Western architecture are caused by the natural environment and political and cultural factors in China and the West.