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This is the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In nine
richly illustrated chapters Chiang Yee explores the aesthetics and
the technique of this art in which rhythm, line, and structure are
perfectly embodied. He measures the slow change from pictograph to
stroke to the style and shape of written characters by the great
calligraphers. Speech and writing are two organs of the same human
impulse--the conveyance of thought: the one operating through
hearing, the other through sight; the one by sound from mouth to
ear, the other by form or image from hand to eye. But each can do
something besides convey thought. Spoken words can be so arranged
as to discharge aesthetic musical significances, as in much Western
poetry. Written words can be formed to liberate visual beauties;
and it is these which form the subject of this book. In addition to
aesthetic considerations, the text deals with such more practical
subjects as the origin and construction of the Chinese characters,
styles, technique, strokes, composition, training, and the
relations between calligraphy and other forms of Chinese art. For
the third edition the author has added two new chapters:
Calligraphy and Painting discusses the dependence of Chinese
painting on calligraphic training and techniques; Aesthetic
Principles explores the fundamental concepts underlying every
Chinese art form. Chinese Calligraphy is a superb appreciation of
beauty in the movement of strokes and in the patterns of
structure--and an inspiration to amateurs as well as professionals
interested in the decorative arts.
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