Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy. Volume 37, Mi Fu. 1

Author: Liu Zhengcheng
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy spans from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the contemporary era, comprising a total of one hundred and eight volumes. The volumes are divided into two major categories: 1. Period-specific volumes; 2. Master calligrapher volumes. Each volume is organized into ten major sections according to the era, with additional sections for seal carving, treatises, appendices, and supplements. The collection meticulously prints over thirty thousand masterpieces of Chinese calligraphy from various eras, preserved worldwide, along with over twenty million words of academic papers and textual annotations. Many of the illustrations are published for the first time. Each volume includes: biographical essays on calligraphers (or period-specific discussions), illustrations, calligrapher's theories on calligraphy, calligrapher's chronology, maps of the calligrapher's life and travels, annotations and explanations of illustrations, and bibliographies. This book is not merely an artistic atlas but represents an unprecedented comprehensive, research, and introduction to the profound traditional cultural art of calligraphy in China—spanning thousands of years—following the Chunhua Gallery Cuts of the Song Dynasty and the Three Pals Gallery of the Qing Dynasty. Such a thorough, systematic, in-depth, and meticulous study of an art form is rare not only in China but also in academia worldwide. This book holds exceptional value for calligraphy experts, researchers, enthusiasts, and collectors.