The Chinese Calligraphy Bible: The Essential Illustrated Guide to Over 300 Beautiful CharactersCalligraphy enthusiasts can expand their horizons and augment their repertory of scripts with this detailed excursion into the method of creating beautifully inscribed Chinese characters. Organized into sections, this book presents Chinese characters that embrace a diversity of themes, including peace, happiness, love, long life, and many others. Each of 300 characters is presented with an explanation of its meaning and a note on how it is pronounced. Clear, step-by-step directions show beginning students exactly how to render the series of strokes which, when combined, create each elegant Chinese character. The author lists all necessary tools and materials, which include different kinds of paper, brushes and brush stands, paperweights, ink sticks, and ink stones. A chapter titled "Gallery of Chinese Calligraphy" presents many examples of traditional and contemporary Chinese calligraphic art from a variety of renowned artists. A glossary defines all items and terms that are cited in the book. |
Contents
How to use this book | 40 |
Chinese zodiac | 98 |
Chinese flower painting | 224 |
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Affirmations balance the character balance the whole bottom Cái Celebrations chéng Chinese calligraphy CHINESE CHARACTERS Chinese zodiac Clerical Script components current stroke previous dàn Days direction of stroke DIRECTORY OF CHINESE dots downward stroke element Festivals flick Greetings Hold the brush horizontal stroke ink stone jiàn jing left side Liù Love lower Meditations niàn Numbers 54 Numbers 55 Numbers painting paper Pronouns Qing Regular Script rén right side right-hand scroll second character shèng Shí short strokes Shu Running Script slanting stroke Small Seal Script space stroke current stroke stroke in step stroke previous strokes sweeping strokes Tang dynasty technique tian vertical stroke Wài whole character writing written Xin Shu Running Xing Qi Ying yuè Zhen ZHONG DING Zhù Zi Chan zuò сл