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    Calligraphy is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner. It originated in China and was considered the supreme visual art form, more valued than painting and sculpture. The basic tools and materials of calligraphy - brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - were perfected during the Han dynasty. Wang Xizhi was one of the most famous Chinese calligraphers in history, best known for his mastery of the art form as demonstrated in works like his Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion.

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    Calligraphy is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner. It originated in China and was considered the supreme visual art form, more valued than painting and sculpture. The basic tools and materials of calligraphy - brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - were perfected during the Han dynasty. Wang Xizhi was one of the most famous Chinese calligraphers in history, best known for his mastery of the art form as demonstrated in works like his Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion.

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    CSP 11 - Chinese Calligraphy

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    Calligraphy is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner. It originated in China and was considered the supreme visual art form, more valued than painting and sculpture. The basic tools and materials of calligraphy - brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - were perfected during the Han dynasty. Wang Xizhi was one of the most famous Chinese calligraphers in history, best known for his mastery of the art form as demonstrated in works like his Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion.

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    Calligraphy

    BY: James Ong and Justine Yao


    WHAT IS CALLIGRAPHY?
    "beautiful handwriting"

    THE ART OF GIVING FORM


    TO SIGNS IN EXPRESSIVE,
    HARMONIOUS, AND
    SKILLFUL MANNER
    WHAT IS CALLIGRAPHY?

    CHINA WAS NOTED TO HAVE


    THE BEST FORM OF CALLIGRAPHY

    It had early associations with rituals and


    writings on political authority

    Used as a means of self-cultivation and


    expression

    It was viewed as the supreme visual art form,


    was more valued than painting and sculpture
    WHAT IS CALLIGRAPHY?
    Shang dynasty (ca.1600-ca.1100 B.C.E.) Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

    Made on the surface of an oracle bone or a Its use became widespread


    bronze mold with a sharp, pointed
    instrument Chinese artisans perfected the
    manufacture of the basic materials still
    Shang kings used these objects in important used by calligraphers today: brush, ink,
    divination rituals paper, and inkstone

    The characters generally lack the kinds of All educated men and some court women
    linear variation and other attributes were expected to be proficient at it
    considered
    WHAT IS CALLIGRAPHY?

    Brushes Ink
    Come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes Made from lampblack, a sooty residue
    that determine the type of line produced created by burning pine resin or oil
    underneath a hood
    What they have in common:
    flexibility Lampblack is mixed with glue and then
    pressed into molds→ hardened cakes or
    sticks→ grounded against a stone and
    allows the calligraphic line to be
    so fluid and expressive mixed with water → allows the
    calligrapher to control the thickness of
    the ink and density of the pigment
    WANG XIZHI 王羲之
    the greatest Chinese calligrapher in history

    Best known for his mastery of Chinese


    calligraphy

    One of the Four Talented Calligraphers ( 四賢 )


    in Chinese calligraphy

    Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid


    Pavilion
    the introduction to a collection of poems
    written by a number of poets during a
    gathering at Lanting near the town of
    Shaoxing for the Spring Purification Festival

    MASTERING THE ART OF SELLING PRESENTATION

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