Four thousand years of Chinese calligraphy / Léon Long-yien Chang and Peter Miller.
"Chinese calligraphy evokes a complex beauty by the simplest means--a single character, a stroke, or even a dot. It is an intriguing art form that at once reveals a calligrapher's talent and learning, reflects whole epochs of philosophy, religion, and culture, and embraces an artistic trad...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1990.
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| Summary: | "Chinese calligraphy evokes a complex beauty by the simplest means--a single character, a stroke, or even a dot. It is an intriguing art form that at once reveals a calligrapher's talent and learning, reflects whole epochs of philosophy, religion, and culture, and embraces an artistic tradition thousands of years old. This volume offers a loving appreciation of the aesthetic values underlying Chinese calligraphy as well as an authoritative guide to its historical development as one of China's supreme artistic accomplishments."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-437) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226101118 9780226101118 |