Doufang, one of the mounting styles of Chinese calligraphy and painting. Refers to a page of calligraphy, painting or poetry that is one or two feet square. The size is smaller, generally referring to calligraphy and painting works of 25-50 cm square. In folk New Year pictures, works of this size and form are also called "Dou Fang". There are also fighting postures in current paintings.
"Doufang" is a commonly used term in the field of Chinese painting. A square picture is Doufang. The most common one is 69*69cm (2 square feet). Its format size is 4 square feet. , this kind of size is made of a four-foot square sheet (2 city feet wide, 4 city feet long) divided along the length direction. A small square of one foot square is also called a "little piece".
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Seven forms of fighting methods
1. Manuscript style
The layout of the work is divided according to the pauses and transitions of the text content. Divided into several parts, the blocks of space form naturally, and the remaining white space in the middle is the breath between the lines. If there are any alterations, the tightness and tightness between the lines should be coordinated to make it an "unintentional" embellishment or an "unexpected" change.
2. Contrast style
Through changes in expression techniques, the written content is divided into several blocks to form gradients, contrasts, interlacing, overlaps, and echoes... to achieve rich changes and prominence. Emphasis effect. This change can mainly be carried out from the aspects of shade, size, thickness, density, oddity, vertical and horizontal, calligraphy, etc.
3. Painting style
The top and bottom of the text are unevenly spaced or skewed to one side. The layout is flexible, tightly linked, and leaves a lot of white space. , the virtual and the real are intertwined and set off, creating a simple, ethereal, loose and free artistic conception.
4. Geometric form
Use geometric figures to break the original square pattern of Doufang. The designed graphics limit the lines and extension of writing, so that the written content gathers with the graphics. It forms an organic whole, with neat layout but not rigidity, and contrasting but not messy.
5. Title type
Use different paper to write the title of the work. The content can be the source and evaluation of the text, or the author, creation status, etc. The position should be arranged before and after the main text or in the middle of the format, so as to achieve the function of "trademark" of the work.
6. Inscription and postscript format
Create Doufang based on this. The main content can also be borrowed from other types of formats, plus postscripts and seals. Due to the large number of writing contents and seals, attention should be paid to the harmony and unity of the overall atmosphere.
7. Combination type
It can be a direct combination of even distribution, a gradient combination, a staggered combination, an associated combination, a combination of multiple formats, or a combination of Conducted between calligraphy, printed matter, seal cutting, rubbings, painting and other categories, or between related materials such as paper, silk, wood, bamboo, stone...
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