Form and Interpretation of Calligraphy: A Collection of Calligraphy Essays by Qiu Zhenzhong

Author: Qiu Zhenzhong
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "The Morphology and Interpretation of Calligraphy": The most outstanding work on the ontology of calligraphy in the nearly two decades. — (Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Fudan University) Wu Xinghua, China Fine Arts·Recommended Book List for Contemporary Scholars
A historically significant document in contemporary calligraphy theory. It possesses the power that general art theory papers lack; it not only holds methodological significance for calligraphy theory but also for other art theories. — (Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, China Academy of Art) Fan Jingzhong
Tradition and Personal Talent—On Qiu Zhenzhong’s Creation and Theory
Looking back at the entire 20th century, it can be said that all aspects of calligraphy studies have made progress, with calligraphy theory and calligraphy history advancing particularly significantly. The progress in calligraphy history research was largely driven by a group of scholars, while the progress in calligraphy theory was almost solely promoted by this book (The Morphology and Interpretation of Calligraphy). Only with Qiu Zhenzhong did calligraphy theory truly achieve a comprehensive transformation from tradition to modernity, including in its discourse language, and made considerable achievements on many issues. — (Calligraphy theorist) Xu Weidong, Reflections on Calligraphy Research
The most important interpreter of calligraphy tradition. — (Calligraphy theorist) Chu Bai, An In-depth Understanding and Analysis of Qiu Zhenzhong’s Calligraphy Theory System
The Morphology and Interpretation of Calligraphy offers a completely new interpretation of Chinese calligraphy. The book consists of two parts: one part studies the formal composition of calligraphy, and the other explains related phenomena. Based on the consideration of the fundamental characteristic of time and space coexistence in calligraphy works, the author establishes a new analytical tool for the formal composition of calligraphy and applies it to in-depth analyses of important topics such as the history of brushwork, the history of composition, and the comparison of the fundamental nature of calligraphy and painting. Additionally, the author discusses numerous issues in linguistics, aesthetics, and philosophy that arise from calligraphy phenomena, thereby leading calligraphy into a broader realm of thought.