Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy: Zhao Gou, Lu You, Zhu Xi, Fan Chengda, Zhang Jizhi

Author: Liu Zhengcheng (Editor-in-Chief) / Ren Ping (Editor) / Fang Ailong (Editor)
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Publishing Date: 2000-05-01
Features: The Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy spans from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the contemporary era, comprising a total of 108 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 based on the era, with additional sections for seal carving, treatises, appendices, and supplements. The collection features high-quality reproductions of over 30,000 pieces of Chinese calligraphy masterpieces preserved worldwide. It also includes over 20 million words of academic papers 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 effort by the contemporary Chinese calligraphy academic community to organize, study, and introduce the profound traditional cultural art of calligraphy over thousands of years. Such comprehensive, systematic, in-depth, and meticulous research on an art form is rare not only in China but also in the global academic world. This book holds immense value for calligraphy experts, researchers, enthusiasts, and collectors alike.