本书分八章进行详细的介绍。章:建筑师及其优秀设计作品,其中介绍高迪、柯布西耶、密斯、贝律铭、里伯斯金、安藤忠雄等10位建筑师及其优秀设计作品;第二章:景观设计师及其优秀设计作品,介绍美国景观设计之父奥姆斯特德、中国景观设计大师俞孔坚的设计作品,以及SWA Group 的作品;第三章:室内设计师及其优秀作品,主要介绍George Nelson等人的设计作品;第四章:艺术家及其优秀作品,介绍达芬奇、梵高等艺术家的生平及其作品;第五章:雕塑家及其优秀作品,介绍罗丹等人的艺术生平与作品详解;第六章:媒体艺术家及其优秀作品,介绍动画的发展历程、迪斯尼、白南准等艺术家的设计作品;第七章:家具设计师及其优秀作品,介绍 Charles and Ray Eames 等人的设计作品;第八章:建筑风格介绍,收录了包括洛可可、文艺复兴等各式建筑风格的历史渊源及重要案例。
前 言本书的主要内容是介绍和评析国内外著名的建筑师、景观设计师、室内设计师、艺术家、雕塑家、数码设计师、家具设计师及其优秀作品,理论涵盖广泛、视点新颖。作为艺术设计专业实用的英文教材,本书比较全面地介绍了艺术设计学科中需要重点了解的建筑师、景观设计师、室内设计师、艺术家、雕塑家、数码设计师、家具设计师等,并对其优秀作品进行分析与评述。在了解专业知识的同时,学习专业英语词汇,提高英语阅读技巧,了解英语的写作方法。随着中国高校“双一流建设”的逐步发展,艺术设计专业的学生在英语技能上需要提高。本书对本科生、研究生学习、出国深造、对外交流都有指导意义。本书分八个单元:单元1为建筑师与他们的作品,单元2为景观设计师与他们的作品,单元3为室内设计师与他们的作品,单元4为艺术家与他们的作品,单元5为雕塑家与他们的作品,单元6为数码设计师与他们的作品,单元7为家具设计师与他们的作品,单元8为建筑风格介绍。本书将课文中重要的专业词汇进行总结和注释;对重要的句子做出解析,同时标明原文出处,以便学生自行查阅,拓展学习思路;有艺术分类词汇归纳。这样更有利于学生进行复习与熟练掌握。本书不仅是一本专业理论教材,而且有配图说明,对艺术设计专业的本科生、研究生英语技能的提高将起到指导作用。编者2016年3月24日PrefaceThis book introduces and analyzes Chinese and foreign famous artists,designers and their masterpieces.It covers a broad range of theories and explores artistic subjects with new perspectives.Intended as a textbook in English for art design major,this book carries on a comprehensive discussion on prominent architects,landscape architects,painters,sculptors,interior designers and furniture designers and makes case analyses and comments.By studying this textbook,readers can increase their English vocabulary,enhance their English reading skills and understand the way of English writing while they acquire professional knowledge.With the gradual development of “the double first class construction” in Chinese universities and colleges,art majors need to improve their English skills.This book is also beneficial to undergraduates and graduates study abroad and academic exchange.This book is composed of eight units.Unit 1,architects and their masterpieces,includes Antonio Gaudi,Louis Henry Sullivan,Frank Lloyd Wright,Walter Gropius,Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe,Le Corbusier,Louis Isadore Kahn,I.M.Pei,Tadao Ando,Daniel Libeskind and their masterpieces.Unit 2,landscape architects and their masterpieces,introduces Frederick Law Olmsted,Frank Owen Gehry,SWA Group,Kongjian Yu,Yoshiki Toda and their masterpieces.Unit 3,interior designers and their masterpieces, mainly introduces the design of George Nelson and others.Unit 4,artists and their masterpieces,covers Leonardo da Vinci’s,Van Gogh’s life stories and their major masterpieces.Unit 5,sculptors and their masterpieces,introduces Auguste Rodin’s and other sculptors’ artistic life and analyzes their works.Unit 6,digital designers and their masterpieces,displays the development of animation,the history of the Walt Disney Company and the design works of artist Nam June Paik.Unit 7,furniture designers and their asterpieces,introduces Charles and Ray Eames’ and others’ design works.Unit 8,architecture styles,collects historical origins of various architectural styles including Romanesque,Rococo,Renaissance,Islamic and important cases.Furthermore,this book lists core vocabulary and cited materials at the end of every unit for students’ reference,so as to expand their study interests.Each unit concludes with a summary of the vocabulary used.To aid the students’ study,we classified different vocabularies and displayed them in unit.Our book not only provides theoretical analysis but also is well adorned with illustration.It provides reliable guidance for art design majors to improve their English skills.The EditorMarch