Description
Chiang Yee's Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique remains the classic introduction to Chinese calligraphy. In eleven richly illustrated chapters, Chiang 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.
In addition to aesthetic considerations, the text deals with more practical subjects such 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.
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.
Author: Yee Chiang
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 01/01/1974
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780674122260
ISBN10: 0674122267
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Techniques | Calligraphy