folio in wraps. VG+. Besides some light shelf and edge wear to wraps, book is like new. Contains numerous small and large color plates. Binding is solid and interior of book is like new. Shelved in Chinese Art. Spine is gray with black text. 1244545. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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OUT OF CHARACTER: DECODING CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

�diteur

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Date de parution

2012

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0939117649

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780939117642

Reliure

Couverture souple

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What defines a masterwork of calligraphy? Out of Character, a collaborative effort from leading Chinese and U.S. scholars, tries to answer this question by focusing on fifteen calligraphic masterpieces. Supporting these masterworks are an additional twenty-five works of the highest quality.

Calligraphy has been admired as the ultimate art form by China's educated elite for more than 2,000 years. Over that time a complex set of rules and conventions has evolved that impacts every aspect of the calligrapher's practice. Within the constraints of their artistic tradition, creativity and self-expression have remained of primary importance to the Chinese calligrapher. With mind and hand in accord, Chinese calligraphers express the strength of their character in the characters they write. Out of Character provides the context and the critical tools viewers need to understand why this art form has been so admired in the Chinese tradition.

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Michael Knight is the author of Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty and many other publications.

Joseph Chang is the author of In Pursuit of Heavenly Harmony: Paintings and Calligraphy and many other publications.

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