泥塑课教学对陶艺基础知识的借鉴

泥塑课教学中引入陶艺手工成型技法,学生既可以借此熟悉掌握泥料的性质与特点,同时也了解了陶艺的一部分知识与技法,为今后较难的泥塑课教学奠定厚实的基础。本文就此将对泥塑课教学最初阶段可以应用的陶艺相关技法做一整理和介绍。     

从现代雕塑美学理念看造型艺术美学的发展

造型艺术和人的审美观念关系密切。当旧的艺术形式不能适应人类的审美需求时,新的艺术形式就必然被创造出来。 现代雕塑适应了人类生活快速发展的审美特征,是时代发展过程中社会思潮在艺术领域中的充分体现,是对造型艺术美学的新发展和新贡献。     

古代印度雕刻艺术的美学特征

本从三个方面论述了古代印度雕刻艺术的美学特征，系统地说明了古代印度雕刻艺术同宗教思想的密切联系；本进而论证了，在这一总的美学特征制约下，佛教与印度教雕刻艺术在不同历史时期的美学特征及其发展变化的内在的化原因。     

Coat of arms: Dovetailing the needs of outdoor sculpture and military assets to develop more durable and adaptable paint systems

The requirements for paints used on outdoor sculpture and military vehicles are similar: overall protection for the underlying substrate, and the ability to withstand prolonged outdoor exposure and recurring physical contact. Aesthetic requirements are different but stringent for both categories of coatings and include maintaining appearance over time. Building on prior work undertaken by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to modify military coating systems into a matte black paint suitable for outdoor sculpture, a long-term interdisciplinary collaboration is under way between the ARL, the Getty Conservation Institute, Mack Art Conservation, and NCP Coatings, that aims to develop and evaluate a wider range of robust paint systems with novel attributes for both the DoD and outdoor painted sculptures. For the latter, this includes coatings with a broader range of gloss, formulated with a much more varied palette. New low-gloss coatings used on military assets were used to paint sculptures by Alexander Calder, Tony Smith, and Louise Nevelson, designed to an aesthetic standard based on approved colour and gloss levels by the relevant artists’ foundations and estates, and formulated to enhance durability. These new coatings offer the ability to match or meet a range of artists’ aesthetic preferences, and to use a variety of polymeric flattening agents to control gloss levels, reduce marring, and eliminate volatile and hazardous pollutants. The use of low molecular weight (LMW) resins provides 4–8 hour pot life to assist in the application process. Compared to current resins, the LMW systems reduce organic solvent levels, are low viscosity, and permit far easier application. In addition, the replacement of typical pigments with low solar absorbing (LSA) pigmentation provides higher reflection which ‘shields’ the resin/binder system and reduces degradation. A particular advantage to conservators from this collaboration is that the coatings on DoD assets provide a convenient indicator of the paint's performance and durability. The outcome will be a unique coating system to provide enhanced durability and maintain the original coating properties for a period of 6–10 years.     

Learning in the outdoor environment: a missed opportunity?

In 2001, the Welsh Assembly Government announced proposals for a Foundation Phase for children aged three to seven years. The Foundation Phase framework promotes a play‐based approach to children's learning in both indoor and outdoor contexts and places children's well‐being and their personal and social development at its core. While the framework is currently being piloted across Wales, full implementation will not take place until 2010; for many schools, then, this is a time of transition. This paper discusses the findings of a research project that aimed to document the current use of the outdoors by a group of early years teachers working in South Wales. Drawing on data from interviews and observations conducted in four schools, it is suggested that the teachers missed many of the opportunities afforded by the outdoor environment to enhance children's learning. The paper considers the reasons why this might be the case and comments on the distinction, apparent in two schools, between what was seen as ‘normal’ and ‘special’ outdoor activity.     

试论标志造型设计

现代标志造型设计中,设计观的创新非常重要。只有不断更新观念,处理好标志设计中形与意的关系,深化艺术造型能力,才能创造出富有特色、个性鲜明、具有时代感的标志图形。     

论水景设计中雕塑与水景的关系

指出由雕塑和水景构成的水景雕塑应用广泛,是水景设计的重点。试图厘清水景设计中雕塑与水景的关系,为水景雕塑的设计提供一定的借鉴。应用比较分析法深入地剖析了水景设计中雕塑与水景相互之间的关系,通过对正反两方面案例的研究,得出必须处理好雕塑与水景之间复杂而微妙的关系以及水景雕塑与环境之间的关系,才能创作出优秀的水景雕塑作品的结论。     

Is outdoor education a discipline? Insights,gaps and future directions

This article critically explores ‘if’ and ‘how’ outdoor education (OE) is a discipline. This exploration stems from our experiences that OE is often undervalued, and from the belief that if OE is considered a discipline, then it would have greater acceptance, enhanced academic standing, importance, resourcing and prestige. Our analysis is rooted in a six-component discipline model which provides a framework for examining OE in relation to commonly understood attributes of stand-alone disciplines. In this article, we examine the final three components of the model. First, we explore the reference disciplines, such as education, psychology and sociology, which inform the OE field. Second, we examine the principles and practices of risk and reflection to chart how OE’s principles and practices have evolved over time. Finally, we report on the structures that support the OE field, such as academic programmes, journals, textbooks and curriculum. We draw on a range of historical and contemporary evidence to provocate on if and how OE is a discipline. We conclude the article with a discussion of the implications of these analyses juxtaposed alongside a discipline model and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for OE in the context of being a discipline.     

建筑形体构成中的雕塑化倾向

通过对建筑形态的归纳和建筑师设计特点及人环境的分析，剖析了不同类型建筑形态构成中雕塑化设计手法及特点．着重从建筑形态构成的角度，根据自己的体会和理解，对雕塑化设计倾向进行了研究与思考。