Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy, Volume 49

Author: Liu Zhengcheng, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 1998-10-01
Features: The Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy spans from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the contemporary era, comprising one hundred and eight volumes. The volumes are divided into two major categories: 1. Period-specific volumes; 2. Master calligraphers' volumes. Each volume is organized into ten major sections according to historical periods, with additional sections for seal carving, essays, appendices, and supplements. The collection meticulously prints over thirty thousand masterpieces of Chinese calligraphy from all dynasties preserved worldwide. It includes over twenty million words of essays and textual annotations. Many of the illustrations are published for the first time. Each volume contains: biographical essays on calligraphers (or period-specific discussions), illustrations, calligraphers' theories on calligraphy, chronological tables of calligraphers, maps of calligraphers' life trajectories, 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 traditional Chinese artistic heritage of calligraphy—spanning thousands of years—by the contemporary Chinese calligraphy academic community. Such a thorough, systematic, in-depth, and meticulous study of an art form is rare not only in China but also in the global academic world. This book holds exceptional value for calligraphy experts, researchers, enthusiasts, and collectors.