"? A scholar-bureaucrat who paints must write a book, and his painting method is where calligraphy lies. -Yang Weizhen's Preface to Painting Treasure.
Because Chinese painting takes strokes as the main modeling technique and expression means, calligraphy and painting have always been linked together, and it is considered that "artists are good at books", on the contrary, "those who are good at books are often good at painting". It is said that "the painter is good at writing" because the pen is used to draw the shape of the painting, while "the method of pointing to the wrist has the appearance of painting". The brushwork of painting is not only satisfied with the expression of images.
Although books flourished in the Jin Dynasty and paintings flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, books and paintings are the same. "A scholar-bureaucrat who paints must write down his painting method and where his calligraphy lies." The ancients have expounded the theory of the homology of painting and calligraphy. Dai said in the Qing Dynasty, "Writing is picturesque, painting is picturesque." . Gu Wei can't talk about long ears and short ears with rubber column drummers. Putting pen to paper is like writing cursive script. Pretend that the words are written and the paintings are written. "
Many contemporary young painters often neglect the study and training of calligraphy. I don't know that the cultivation of brushwork and composition of Chinese painting depends entirely on the brushwork and composition of calligraphy and the grasp of lines.
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