Phase change material (PCM) can be used in building envelope for heat insulation and energy-saving.However, the energy-saving effect of the PCM wall system is limited in summer since the PCM storing heat in the daytime will become a secondary heat source and release heat into the room again at night.This paper proposed a novel pipe-encapsulated PCM
Shades of Grace: The Virgin of the Rocks and Leonardo da Vinci’s Notes on Paragone
This essay analyses Leonardo da Vinci’s innovative iconography in the making of the panel known as the Virgin of the Rocks (Paris, Louvre) in relation to his considerations on the important Renaissance debate of Paragone, or comparison among the arts, namely, Painting, Sculpture, Music, Mirrors and Poetry.It will be argued that this work, as a de