Bronze calligraphy in Shang Dynasty was produced on the basis of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It has few words, slender fonts, vigorous and beautiful brushwork, heavy atmosphere, rigorous structure, dignified situation and its own charm.
Someone once summed it up as two styles, one is thick and plump, with sharp edges and corners at the beginning and end, with a fat pen in the middle, and the other is thick and thin, with straight strokes and little or no edges and corners.
The bronze inscriptions in the Western Zhou Dynasty are exquisite and beautiful, with sharp strokes, obvious waves, rigorous structure and free strokes. The style of the works is simple and simple, and the hanging needle brushwork is more upright, which still has the influence of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.
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Bronze inscription is a writing form of ancient Chinese characters in China. Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States.
There are four kinds of inscriptions on bronze, namely, inscriptions on bronze in Shang Dynasty (about 1300 BC-about 1046 BC), inscriptions on bronze in Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1046 BC-77 BC-0/year BC) and inscriptions on bronze in Eastern Zhou Dynasty (about 770 BC-0 BC).
Bronze inscriptions have been unearthed since the Han Dynasty and have been studied by scholars. Bronze inscriptions are the main materials for the study of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and are also the most precious materials for the study of pre-Qin history.
Compared with Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has thin strokes, more straight strokes and more twists, which is different from Fang Bi. Bronze brush strokes are fat and thick, with many curved pens and many lumps.
There are different words in the inscriptions on bronzes. The content of memory is also very different.
Its main content is mostly to praise the achievements of ancestors and princes, but also to record major historical events. For example, the famous Mao has 497 words, covering a wide range, reflecting the social life at that time.
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