An exploratory analysis of the visual design elements—form, material, and color—and their significant impact and contribution to traditional chinese design
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https://doi.org/10.48047/akzqvr47Keywords:
traditional chinese products, visual design features, cultural studies, architectural styles, decorative artefactsAbstract
The three most important parts of design that have had a big effect on how traditional chinese products are made are form, material, and colour. Form is perhaps the most significant of these three things. These qualities have also had a big impact on the design of traditional chinese items, which is a big contribution. This review article contains a substantial amount of information on each of these three design features. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the influence of independent variables on the mediating construct of visual design features, which then affects the dependent variables of cultural impact and the enduring contributions of chinese design. The objective of this work is to provide a synthesis of the latest academic research results and to underscore the impact of these factors on the mediating idea. It uses a lot of different materials from art history, cultural studies, and design theory to look at the phenomena from both a historical and a modern point of view. The author of this page talks about a broad range of architectural styles, decorative artefacts, fabrics, pottery, and symbolic aesthetics that were popular under successive dynasties. The majority of the discourse in this book centres on the principles underlying taoism, confucianism, and the philosophy of the five elements. The study results indicate that colour serves as the primary medium of communication, conveying spiritual values, hierarchy, and wealth. The most important way that humans communicate to each other is via colour. The researcher may show balance, symbolism, and harmony by utilising form; strength, workmanship, and cultural longevity by using material; and the link between the material and the shape by employing shape. When the researcher put all of these parts together, researcher obtain an aesthetic system that has been regarded for a long time as a unique feature of traditional chinese design.
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