Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Bund
The Bund stretches one mile along the bank of the Huangpu River.
The Bund houses 52 buildings of various architectural styles such as Romanesque ( an architectural style of Medieval Europe, characterized by semi-circular arches), Gothic ( originated in 12th-century France and its characteristic features include the pointed arch, ribbed vault and the flying buttress), Renaissance (places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts), Baroque ( started in the early 17th century in Italy, new architectural concerns for colour, light and shade, sculptural values and intensity characterize the Baroque), Neo-Classical ( employs the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture but it tends to emphasize its planar qualities, rather than sculptural volumes) (HSBC Building), Beaux-Arts ( principal charateristics: flat roof, rusticated and raised first story, arched windows, arched and perdimented doors, classical details, symmetry, statuary, classical architectural details and subtle polychromy), and Art Deco ( characterized by bold geometric forms and simple composition) ( Sasoon House).
The Bund stretches one mile along the bank of the Huangpu River.
The Bund houses 52 buildings of various architectural styles such as Romanesque ( an architectural style of Medieval Europe, characterized by semi-circular arches), Gothic ( originated in 12th-century France and its characteristic features include the pointed arch, ribbed vault and the flying buttress), Renaissance (places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts), Baroque ( started in the early 17th century in Italy, new architectural concerns for colour, light and shade, sculptural values and intensity characterize the Baroque), Neo-Classical ( employs the same classical vocabulary as Late Baroque architecture but it tends to emphasize its planar qualities, rather than sculptural volumes) (HSBC Building), Beaux-Arts ( principal charateristics: flat roof, rusticated and raised first story, arched windows, arched and perdimented doors, classical details, symmetry, statuary, classical architectural details and subtle polychromy), and Art Deco ( characterized by bold geometric forms and simple composition) ( Sasoon House).
HSBC BuildingBy Weiyong
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