Exploring the correlation of space creation in Suzhou classical gardens and the Chinese calligraphy Yan Zhenqing’s three manuscripts

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Figure 1. Research methodological framework.

Figure 2. “Ji Bo Fu Gao”, “Ji Zhi Wen Gao”, “Zheng Zuo Wei Tie” (left). Source: Wikipedia Commons. Right Image: Floor plans of the Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of Nets Garden, and Lion Grove Garden (right). Source: Liu Dunzhen’s “Classical Gardens of Suzhou,” Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2005, pages 306, 307; 342, 343; 371; 397).

Figure 3. Fucui Pavilion (left). Source: Photographed by the author. Wang Xizhi’s “Orchid Pavilion Preface” (right). Source: Wikipedia Commons.

Figure 4. Basic Spatial Archetypes and the Framework of Generative Logic in Gardens and Calligraphy. Source: Drawn by the author.

Figure 5. Analysis of Basic Spatial Archetypes and Their Generative Processes in Gardens and Calligraphy. Source: Drawn by the author.

Figure 6. “Four Seasons to Four Views” in Suzhou Gardens. Source: http://xhslink.com/h50IwG.

Figure 7. Master of the Nets Garden (top), the Humble Administrator’s Garden (middle left), Lion Grove Garden (middle right), The Humble Administrator’s Garden (bottom). Source: Photographed by the author.

Figure 8. Emptiness and substance analysis of “Ji Zhi Wen Gao”, “Ji Bo Fu Gao”, and “Zheng Zuo Wei Tie”. Source: Drawn by the author; Base map: Wikipedia Commons.

Figure 9. Analysis of the diagrammatic language model of emptiness and substance in gardens and calligraphy. Source: Drawn by the author.

Figure 10. Analysis of the pictorial language model of denseness and sparseness in gardens and calligraphy. Source: Drawn by the author.

Figure 11. Analysis of denseness in “Ji Zhi Wen Gao”, “Ji Bo Fu Gao”, and “Zheng Zuo Wei Tie”. Source: Drawn by the author; Base map: Wikipedia Commons.

Figure 12. Analysis of the diagrammatic language model of denseness and sparseness in Gardens and Calligraphy (Source: Drawn by the author).

Figure 13. Techniques of spatial correspondence and guidance in gardens and calligraphy.

Source: Drawn by the author.

Figure 14. Path analysis of spatial correspondence and guidance in the Lingering Garden.

Source: Photo by the author; Floor plan: Liu (2005). Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, pp. 342–343.

Figure 15. Path analysis of “Framed Views, Corresponding Views, and Borrowed Views” in the Humble Administrator’s Garden.

Sources: Floor plan: Liu, D. (2005). Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, pp. 306–307; Top left and bottom images: http://xhslink.com/qAsGwG; http://xhslink.com/uiLHcF; Center and right images: Photographed by the author.

Figure 16. Analysis of calligraphy rubbing and garden framing views.

Source: Photographed by the author.

Figure 17. Techniques of spatial correspondence and guidance in gardens and calligraphy.

Source: Drawn by the author.

Liu, D. Z. 2005. Classical Gardens of Suzhou. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press.

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