The spatial aesthetics epitomized in the Chinese Garden is a climax of Chinese culture and art. It involves architecture, gardening, literature, calligraphy, painting, and craftsmanship, and in a unique way, integrates them in the creation of an ideal world to accommodate the mind. The Renwen Society presents a lecture by Prof. Lu Andong on April 10 on the Chinese Garden as seen from cinematic images. Prof. Lu will share with the audience his more than ten years of teaching cinematic architecture at Nanjing University and guiding students to understand and visualize the spatial aesthetics of the Chinese Garden through contemporary moving images. Such visuals enable viewers to reinterpret many aesthetic features of traditional gardens and appreciate their inspirations for contemporary designs. Prof. Lu will screen 8 to 10 short films at the lecture and discuss a number of major cinematic characteristics of garden aesthetics.
Prof. Lu Andong received his Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of Cambridge and was elected a Fellow of Wolfson College in 2010. He is now a professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, where he also acts as head of the Department of Architecture as well as director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Urban Studies at the university’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. He was previously a guest professor at the Dessau Institute of Architecture and Henry Luce Foundation’s Visiting Professor at Pennsylvania State University. He is a standing member of the Committee of Urban Design, Committee of Architectural Critics and Committee of Architectural Media of the Architectural Society of China. His research focuses on urban narratives and place-making, the application of digital media in architecture, and history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism in China.
Free, but advanced registration is requested.
中国园林体现的空间美学是中国文化艺术的高峰之一，包含着建筑、园艺、文学、书画、工艺美术，并融合为一处容纳心灵的理想人居，在世界文化之林中独树一帜。华美人文学会特邀南京大学鲁安东教授于2021年4月10日晚8时至9时半做《影像里的园林美学》专题讲座。
本讲座将介绍鲁安东教授在南京大学历时十年的教学实验，指导学生运用当代影像媒介来理解和表现中国园林的空间美学。在园林影像的基础上，我们得以重新认识传统园林的很多美学特征，以及它们对当代设计的启示。本讲座将放映8-10部园林微电影，并探讨园林美学的几个带有电影性的美学特性。
主讲人鲁安东，剑桥大学博士，南京大学建筑与城市规划学院教授、博士生导师、建筑系主任。曾任英国剑桥大学沃夫森学院院士、德国德绍建筑研究所客座教授、澳大利亚昆士兰大学访问教授、美国宾州州立大学亨利·鲁斯基金访问教授。担任国际建筑师协会（UIA）公共空间委员会中国代表、中国建筑学会城市设计分会理事、中国建筑学会建筑评论委员会理事、中国建筑学会建筑传媒学术委员会委员。曾应邀在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学、华美人文学会、英国皇家建筑师学会、美国汉庭顿图书馆等做特邀讲座。