Chinese calligraphy

Author: Chen Tingqie
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: How did Chinese calligraphy flourish on the Chinese mainland for thousands of years, enduring through hundreds of generations without decline, even surpassing its basic function of recording and transmitting information. Beyond its use in daily writing, it rose to become one of the rarest independent art forms in the world? How did it develop a deep and inseparable relationship with the aesthetic tastes, value orientations, and cultural spirit of the Chinese people during its evolution? This book begins with the origins of Chinese characters, introducing in an accessible manner the sources, formation, and development of Chinese calligraphy. It elaborates on the artistic paradigms and appreciation principles of calligraphy, and highlights the representative calligraphers from the four important historical periods of Jin, Tang, Song, and Qing. It affirms the decisive role played by these calligraphers in advocating and practicing reforms that propelled Chinese calligraphy to ever higher artistic peaks.