Hundred Arts Collection

Author: Yao Sanshi
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Calligraphy and painting are a dazzling gem in the long corridor of art. With their unique charm, elegance, and vigorous vitality, they dominate the Chinese art scene. Therefore, in today's society, an increasing number of people are beginning to appreciate, learn, create, and collect calligraphy and painting, leading to a rising trend of "calligraphy and painting fever." For readers who are honest and discerning, they can enjoy the artistic beauty of brush and ink, artistic conception, artistic realm, harmony, and strength. It can be said that it is a microcosm and witness to the "blossoming of a hundred flowers and innovation of the old" in the current calligraphy scene. This book is the result of the compilers' eight years of effort, collecting exquisite works of "a hundred arts" created by over 100 calligraphers and painters from China and abroad. The book is divided into five parts: Seal Script, Clerical Script, Regular Script, Running Script, and Cursive Script. From the unique perspective of the artists, it employs techniques such as the thick and thin of ink, dry and wet, black and white, void and solid, withered and moist, far and near, to enhance the awareness of brushwork, revealing novelty in simplicity, elegance in antiquity, and brilliance in danger, striving for a perfect unity of tradition and modernity, content and form. It fully reflects the profound understanding and insights of the calligraphers and painters into calligraphy, painting, literature, philosophy, history, aesthetics, humanities, appreciation, and collection, inspiring, provoking thought, captivating, and being highly philosophical. The book is rich in content, illustrated with images, and features concise and insightful reviews, as well as a novel design. It is a book that integrates knowledge, academia, art, technique, interest, and accessibility, with strong readability and learnability. It is truly a book that offers rewards both in reading and in practice, bringing great benefits.