Grand View of Calligraphy Masterpieces by Famous Artists Throughout History: An Anthology of Yan Zhenqing's Calligraphy

Author: Li Songchen, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Calligraphy is not only aesthetically pleasing in form and appearance but also a reflection of an individual's overall artistic achievement. Looking at the great calligraphers throughout history, some excelled in elegant lines, others in vigorous strokes, and some were renowned for their free and unrestrained structures. Therefore, compiling and publishing calligraphy books by categorizing them by script styles and collecting works by multiple artists is necessary, while compiling the works of great calligraphers in different scripts from different periods is equally important. This approach can provide materials for scholars and experts in research and textual criticism, as well as serve as models for calligraphy enthusiasts at various levels to study and practice. It can also allow a broad readership to enjoy the splendor of the calligraphy world without leaving their homes. This is the purpose and objective of compiling and publishing the series "Historical Masters of Calligraphy."
The long and profound history of calligraphy art in our great motherland has been written by calligraphy masters such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxi, and Zhao Mengfu. They left behind countless masterpieces of calligraphy for later generations, providing our editorial team with a vast selection for compiling "A Panorama of Calligraphy by Historical Masters."
This series is grand in scale, starting with the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi and spanning from the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, up to the early Republic of China. It has selected over fifty calligraphy masters of enduring fame, compiling their representative works and publishing them in chronological order. This volume includes Yan-style regular script works such as the Dapota Stele, the Painting Praise of Dongfang Shuo Stele, and the Yan Qinli Stele, as well as running script works like the Cai Mingyuan Manuscript and the Liu Taichong Manuscript, and cursive-running script works such as the Draft of Eulogy for My Nephew and the Stele of Competing Seating.