Chinese Calligraphy Tutorial: Running Script and Cursive Script Volume

Author: Wang Yuxiao, edited by Si Huiguo
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Publishing Date: 2003-05-01
Features: The Chinese Calligraphy Teaching Manual is a successful work created by the editorial committee of The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Chinese Calligraphy, which has accumulated extensive 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 resource. The manual provides comprehensive and detailed explanations on basic knowledge, the origins of calligraphy, fundamental techniques, and copying techniques, accompanied by examples, charts, and carefully crafted illustrations, making it rich in visuals and text. It covers all major calligraphy styles, including regular script, running script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script. The content is thorough, systematic, well-structured, and logically organized, with clear and detailed language that is easy to understand and progresses step by step. It is currently the most comprehensive, systematic, formal, and highly professional teaching manual for calligraphy. This manual serves as the textbook for calligraphy for primary and secondary school students, as well as reference material for calligraphy teachers in various calligraphy schools. It is also an ideal self-study series for those passionate about learning calligraphy. It is not only a comprehensive toolbook for calligraphy teaching but also a valuable collection for school reading rooms and libraries. It will guide learners to the artistic of calligraphy and provide them with a shortcut to climbing the peak of art.