Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique - Chiang Yee

Speech and writing are two organs of the same human impulse--the conveyance of thought: the one operating through hearing, the other through sight; the one by sound from mouth to ear, the other by form or image from hand to eye. But each can do something besides convey thought. Spoken words can be so arranged as to discharge aesthetic "musical" significances, as in much Western poetry. Written words can be formed to liberate visual beauties; and it is these which form the subject of this book. In addition to aesthetic considerations, the text deals with such more practical subjects as the origin and construction of the Chinese characters, styles, technique, strokes, composition, training, and the relations between calligraphy and other forms of Chinese art.Chiang Yee is the author of 'Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique - Chiang Yee' with ISBN 9780674122253 and ISBN 0674122259.