Han Dynasty is a key generation in the history of calligraphy development in China. Calligraphy in Han Dynasty inherited from Qin Zhuan and Qin Li, and started from Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is the beginning of cursive script, so it is an extremely important period in the history of calligraphy in China.
At this time, the characters of seal script gradually decreased, which were mostly found in inscriptions, seals, tiles, bronze mirrors and a small number of stone carvings, and the brushwork was also influenced by official script. Lishu is a popular calligraphy style in the Han Dynasty, with a large number of bamboo slips and carved stones as the main circulation methods, resulting in extremely artistic and stylized calligraphy of Han steles.
1. official script stereotype
The greatest contribution of calligraphy art in the Han Dynasty lies in the stereotype of official script in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which fundamentally changed the "six scripts" rule of Chinese character structure modeling before Xiao Zhuan and became the official script norm with strict laws and regulations. Because of its writing characteristics, because of the stroke of the pen and the opening of the body, it is called "eight-point book"