Painting and Calligraphy

Author: Chen Tingyou; Ren Lingjuan; Language: English Page: 148 Publication Date: 08/2018 ISBN: 9787508540214 Publisher: China Intercontinental Press Series: Sharing the Beauty of China Details Calligraphy is the quintessence of Chinese culture. When the ancient Orientals carved the earliest abstract symbols on the walls of their cave houses, and on animal bones and tortoise shells, their symbolic action marked the beginning of the Chinese written language and civilization. At the same time, it indicated the beginning of the splendor of Chinese calligraphy. Why has Chinese calligraphy been able to survive several thousand years? How could it become a rare art independent of its functions for writing and recording events? What kind of close relations has it developed with the aesthetic...

Author: Jiang Hongsheng; Language: English Format: 20.8 x 20.6 x 1.2 cm Page: 99 Publication Date: 09/2016 ISBN: 7508535227,9787508535227 Publisher: China Intercontinental Press