On the Aesthetic Characteristics of Calligraphy

Brief introduction to the aesthetic characteristics of calligraphy The aesthetic characteristics of calligraphy refer to the symbols and signs that can be used as the aesthetic characteristics of calligraphy.

Details are as follows:

(A) the particularity of calligraphy objects. Calligraphy can become a unique art because its writing object is Chinese characters developed from hieroglyphics. Lu Xun pointed out in the Outline of China Literature History: Chinese characters "have three beauties: beauty in meaning, beauty in emotion and beauty in nature; The beauty of sound, the sensitivity of ears, the second; The beauty of modeling is remarkable, and the third is also. "

The "formal beauty" of the "eye sense" mentioned here refers to the beautiful shape of Chinese characters themselves. A Chinese character is often a refined picture, and its main feature is its wide range of expression.

(2) the particularity of using tools. The traditional tools used in the art of calligraphy are pen, ink, paper and inkstone, commonly known as "Four Treasures of the Study", in which the writing brush plays an important role. It has the advantages of "sharp, neat, round and healthy", and can write strokes in different fonts, so that the fonts present completely different body styles and convey the calligrapher's rich and subtle inner feelings.

(3) Point-line combination modeling. Chinese characters are the objects of calligraphy, and their basic stroke specifications are simplified as point, horizontal, vertical, curve, pen, stroke and hook. This is actually lines with different shapes, so people call calligraphy line art.