Chinese Calligraphy Tutorial -- Running Script and Cursive Script Volume: Running Script and Cursive Script Volume

Author: Wang Yuxiao
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The Chinese Calligraphy Teaching Course is a successful compilation by the editorial committee of The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Chinese Calligraphy, which has gathered years of experience from writing The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Chinese Calligraphy (100 volumes). It incorporates numerous highlights of calligraphy and blends the essence of various styles, creating a unique and refined teaching material. This course provides comprehensive and detailed explanations on basic knowledge, the origins of calligraphy, fundamental techniques, and copying techniques, accompanied by examples, charts, and meticulously designed illustrations, making it rich in visuals and text. It covers all major calligraphic styles—regular script, running script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script—offering a thorough, systematic, well-structured, and logically organized content. The language is clear, detailed, and easy to understand, progressing step by step in a logical manner. It is currently the most comprehensive, systematic, and authoritative teaching material for calligraphy, reflecting high standards in calligraphy education.
This course serves as a textbook for primary school students and for students in higher vocational and technical schools, as well as a reference book for calligraphy teachers in various calligraphy schools. It is also a self-study series for those passionate about learning calligraphy. It is not only an encyclopedic toolbook for calligraphy instruction but also a valuable collection for school reading rooms and libraries. It will guide learners to the artistic of calligraphy and provide a shortcut to climbing the peak of art.