Specialization and Compensation:an Analysis of Wing-shaped Gong
"Wing-shaped Gong"has been widely used since Tang Dynasty.It is often decorated on the end of per-pendicular bracket arm without parallel bracket arm on,or the joints of pillars and cross beams.It has the form of a Gong(parallel bracket arm),but is not essentially a Gong in construction.Through the differentiation of the meaning of words and the analysis of examples,the application purpose and visual effects of various types of Wing-shaped Gong are discussed,and their possible sources of shapes are explored,so as to examine the internal motivation and main path of such components tending to be decorated,thus to reveal the ancient design aware-ness and aesthetic tendencies of ancient artisan.
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