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.
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- ISBN10 0226101118
- ISBN13 9780226101118
- Publish Date 7 August 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 463
- Language English