The art of calligraphy

[augustus]

I still attempt to practice calligraphy half an hour per day....
Although I usually don't make it....

 

[matthaeus123]

mine
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[Diorette]

I this thread!

 

[matthaeus123]

I was bored in class
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[gius]

^nice font. i like the capitals with the dots

This is artist Annie Vought

Check http://www.annivought.com for more!

 

[matthaeus123]

nice.

 

[gius]

Chinese Painting

Distinguished by its formally disciplined brush control stemmed from Chinese calligraphy, dominant presence of landscape and flower subject matter, and rather illustrative delineation, Chinese painting is essentially an extension of their philosophy, which evolved in different way from that of the West.

The Appreciation of Chinese Painting

Sui and beyond(2000 BC - 618)
Tang(618 - 907)
Five Dynasties(907 - 960)
Song(960 - 1279)
Yuan(1271 - 1368)
Ming(1368 - 1644)
Qing(1644-1911)

Technically there are two branches in Chinese painting, meticulous and freehand painting. Each of them is further divided into three sub-branches by its subject, landscape, flower and figure painting.

Meticulous painting
Gong-bi (工筆) often referred to as "court-style" painting

Freehand painting
Shui-mo (水墨) loosely termed watercolour or brush painting. The Chinese character "mo" means ink and "shui" means water. This style is also referred to as "xie yi" (寫意) or freehand style.

Equipment

• Chinese brush
• Rice paper
• Ink
• Paints

ricepaper.com / wikipedia

 

[matthaeus123]

would that really be calligraphy?

I guess kinda.

 

[gius]

by artist Zhu Da (Qing dynasty, 1689-90)
in style of Ming Dynasty master, Xu Wei

Bamboo by Xia Chang, (Ming Dynasty)

/ chinacandidemedia /

 

[gius]

would that really be calligraphy?

I guess kinda.

yes, it's influenced by calligraphy/handwriting
there's also a philosophy behind it, from Buddhism

about capturing the essence of something in only a few strokes

from wikipedia..
6 Principles of Chinese painting
by Xie He

1. "Spirit Resonance", or vitality, and seems to translate to the nervous energy transmitted from the artist into the work. The overall energy of a work of art. Xie He said that without Spirit Resonance, there was no need to look further.
2. "Bone Method", or the way of using the brush. This refers not only to texture and brush stroke, but to the close link between handwriting and personality. In his day, the art of calligraphy was inseparable from painting.
3. "Correspondence to the Object", or the depicting of form, which would include shape and line.
4. "Suitability to Type", or the application of color, including layers, value and tone.
5. "Division and Planning", or placing and arrangement, corresponding to composition, space and depth.
6. "Transmission by Copying", or the copying of models, not only from life but also the works of antiquity.

//Keep in mind that this was written circa 550 A.D. and refers to "old" and "ancient" practices.//

 

[matthaeus123]

oh ok.

I'm so gonna post more of my own calligraphy here.

 

[gius]

oops my last two posts kind of don't make sense
if they are ,let me know, and i will delete them

this one makes more sense...
they are called "Zen Paintings"

i don't really know the philosophy, but it's from Buddhism
it's about living a simple life,
maybe someone can provide better info

there are pictures here --i can't right-click the page to save the images, so you have to check them yourself
http://www.zenpaintings.com/

 

[gius]

"2 Patriarchs"

"Pine Trees" by Hasegawa Tohaku (16th c.)

by Chu Ta

by Sesshu

all fr wikimedia

 

[matthaeus123]

so amazing

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

I have to post some more from the book of Kells because it's kept in a library in my university, and we also used to visit it in primary school... they turn one page a day...

medievalscript.com/uwo.ca/snake.net/saorsamedia/wikipedia

 

[matthaeus123]

that's amazing

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

From the Book of Durrow - another Irish 7th century illuminated manuscript in the Insular style

communication.ucsd.edu/geocities

 

[cupkate]

That is amazingly gorgeous.

Calligraphy is something I've been meaning to study for a while. This thread is inspiring.

 

[matthaeus123]

I can't wait till school starts back up again. I'm doing calligraphy and book arts.

 

[ParadEyes]

I absolutely love the arabic calligraphy done by Hassan Massoudy

pagesperso-orange.fr