Stonehenge is a world-famous prehistoric monument located on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, roughly two miles west of Amesbury. Constructed in multiple stages between 3000 BCE and 1520 BCE, it features a ring of massive standing stones th...
中世紀素描 英文是 State，法文是Etat。由政治術語好像很清楚，但今天西方所講的國家是否存在於中世紀中呢？英國學者Joseph R Strayer寫過一本小書，專論現代國家的中世紀根源，很有啟發性。 上述書的作者 Strayer認為若以秩序和安全的建立，通過法律及實施，運行於領土與主權的狀態，那麼中世紀是可以談得上有國家的觀念的。其實State及Etat 若不用大草寫，那是指某種情況或狀態。...
中世紀素描 在我的工作中，經常被問及歌德式的特色；我簡化地提到三個要素，一、尖拱運用，二、彩色玻璃玫瑰花窗、三、聖像用到教堂外牆上。找到三個特點齊備的，稱之為歌德式不會錯到那裡去。 法語寫法是Gothique，英文是Gothic。藝術史一般指十二世紀至十五世紀在巴黎大區發展起來的形式，許多主教府都是這種形式。但它的起源並非主教大堂，而是巴黎北邊的以前屬本篤會修院的聖但尼教堂；現在是主教府。在另一篇文曾提過聖但尼教堂，可查看。...
中國折扇在歐洲熱浪侵襲下，已正式成為法國巴黎街頭最火紅的時尚單品與防暑神器。 隨著氣溫飆升，過往習慣使用手持小電扇的歐洲人，今年夏天紛紛換上了極具東方韻味的中式古典折扇。這股「搖扇納涼」的風潮不僅橫掃社群網路，更讓無數巴黎時尚達人將其納入每日穿搭（OOTD）的必備配件。 [1, 2, 3]...
中國折扇在歐洲熱浪侵襲下，已正式成為法國巴黎街頭最火紅的時尚單品與防暑神器。 隨著氣溫飆升，過往習慣使用手持小電扇的歐洲人，今年夏天紛紛換上了極具東方韻味的中式古典折扇。這股「搖扇納涼」的風潮不僅橫掃社群網路，更讓無數巴黎時尚達人將其納入每日穿搭（OOTD）的必備配件。 [1, 2, 3]...
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