Chinese Calligraphy and Painting(1)

Classifications: b. Subject matter •figure paintings •landscape paintings •flower-and-bird paintings
b. Painting forms • hanging scroll卷轴画 • album of paintings镜框画 • fan surface扇面画 • long horizontal scroll长卷画
Regular Script / Kaishu
•Developed during the Wei and Jin dynasties and came to prominence in the Tang Dynasty. •Square in form •Non-cursive in strokes •The foundation of the written form of modern Chinese language
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Yan Zhenqing (颜真卿） “Yan Style” “颜体”
Liu Gongquan (柳公权） “Liu Style” “柳体” “Yan Muscles and Liu bones” “颜筋柳骨”
Painting
Classifications: a. Mode of expression/Technique --The xieyi （写意）(literally “painting the feeling”) style •characterized by exaggeration of form and liberal use of ink. --The gongbi （工笔）(literally meticulous brushwork) style •characterized by strict and detailed representation of the subject.
Famous calligraphers? Wang Xizhi (王羲之） the “sage of Chinese calligraphy” ”书圣” •《兰亭集序》
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Zhang Xu (张旭） the “sage of the cursive hand” ”草圣” •《肚痛贴》
Official Script / Lishu
•Official script in Han dynasty •It turned the remaining curved and round strokes of the seal form into linear and flat square shapes.
Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
Four Treasures of the Study
writing brush
ink stick
paper
ink stone
Representatives: Hu brush (湖笔） Hui ink stick （徽墨） Xuan paper （宣纸） Duan ink stone （端砚）
hanging scroll卷轴画 卷轴画
•album of paintings镜框 镜框画 镜框
fan surface扇面画 扇面画
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long horizontal scroll长卷画 长卷画
Running Hand / Xingshu
Something between the regular script and the cursive hand in the initial period and now is between the official script and cursive hand.
Chinese Calligraphy
Categories of Chinese Calligraphy
Seal Script / Zhuan
•Standardized Chinese character in Qin Dynasty •Often used in seals •Beautiful in shape and structure •Close to pictograph •A balanced and symmetrical pattern
Cursive Hand / Caoshu
•Invented in eastern Han dynasty •Strokes flowing and characters linking each other •The characters are often joined, with the last stroke of one merging into the initial stroke of the next.