The so-called trace does not make you a master of identification, but gives you the most basic level to distinguish the quality of calligraphy. With this foundation, you can move forward better and appreciate the appraisal more carefully.
First, shape recognition
Calligraphy is the art of line image, and "shape" has four elements. If you get the "four elements", you will enter the first place.
The format of the day. Calligraphy is the most classic in the form of banners, nave, horizontal curtains, plaques, squares, sectors, couplets, letters, hand scrolls, pages and paintings.
Second, writing. Calligraphy styles are seal script, official script, regular script, running script, cursive script, Wei Ti, Cao Zhang and running script.
Three colors. The combination of white paper, ink and red seal is the most attractive color in calligraphy.
Four-day composition. A complete calligraphy work consists of three parts: text, inscription and seal.
Second, reward quality.
Calligraphy is different from writing. Calligraphy should pay attention to "statutes", and "laws" can be "beautiful in quality". There are four "laws". If you get the "Four Laws", you will enter the second world.
Yi fa characters are the basis of calligraphy. Chinese characters are formed by stippling, which should be "balanced and symmetrical, harmonious in contrast, appropriate in primary and secondary, moderate in density, diverse and unified."
Second, the brushwork. The expensive pen varies from body to body, and it is solid and rich; The middle side (front side) is interchanged, and the method is active; The pen is vigorous and penetrates the back of the paper.
Three rules and regulations. Composition is the "white cloth" of the whole calligraphy work. It pays attention to the continuous strokes between words and lines, with smooth pulse and clear rhythm. If it is like "flowing clouds and flowing water", it means that "the sparse place can go quickly, the dense place can't make the wind leak, the white place is black, and the strange place comes out".
Fourth, the ink method. Ink has six colors, namely "thick, light, dry, wet, dry and moist". If we can "moisten things with dryness, we must be thick and dry", then we can "moisten things silently, be happy", "be colorful" and "write beautiful songs, talk and laugh with ink"
Third, send love.
"A book is like a book, like its knowledge, like its talent, like its ambition. In short, I just like someone "(Liu Xizai). The purpose of calligraphy is to "express one's feelings". The highest realm of calligraphy art is also the abstract embodiment and revelation of human spirit and human temperament.
Appreciating calligraphy is not only about the depth of skills, exquisite painting and composition, but also about the author's spirit, mind and temperament. Therefore, the highest level of calligraphy appreciation is "dialogue and communication" with calligraphers through calligraphy works. To appreciate this realm, the appreciator needs to see wisdom and nature and understand the wonderful principles of calligraphy, such as "dharma", "artistic conception" and "temperament".