Chinese calligraphy : an introduction to its aesthetic and technique : with 6 plates and 155 text illustratons

FIG. BM caT CHEN ACUNG (九 成 宮 )

By Ou-Yang Hsiin (BK 陽 詢 ), ascholar and calligrapher of T‘ang dynasty. Each character is strongly constructed and designed and the strokes are sharp and powerful. One imagines the artist to have been a well-built man with a fine, handsome appearance

(Collection of Chang Lai-Kung, Nanking)

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