This is the evaluation of calligraphy by Mr. Zhang, a famous painting and calligraphy critic.
How do ordinary people view a calligraphy work? Like what do we want to see? What do you mean "calligraphy takes expression as the secondary quality" is a calligraphy work.
First of all, what we look at is something that looks verve, that is, something that looks verve and is out of the paper. Really good works, when we look at them, they are vivid, they are lifelike, they are the vitality of a writer, what is inner beauty? In fact, an important reason for beauty is vitality. In works of art, it is breath, and its breath is so powerful that it pushes you back. Therefore, when we look at a calligraphy work or a painting, it is the same as looking at people. For example, if you come from far away, I may not be able to see your specific facial features, and whether you are handsome or not, but you seem to have a temperament and an aura.
This work is good, so when you go to see these things, what are the shortcuts? There is a kind of richness here, which means a good work. Must be rich. How rich it is, it means that the ink color changes should be rich, deep and dark. Not all inks are the same color. It can be divided into five colors and many kinds, dry ink and wet ink. Then there is the change of the structure and size of words. For example, some words are particularly large, which may occupy three or four spaces of normal words, but some words are particularly small, only several times as large as a word, so this visual change, this richness, this visual impact has formed. Art must emphasize its change and that richness, which is the second level I just mentioned.
The third thing to look at is the strength of the lines. A really good line is called penetrating the back of the paper. If you write this word down, it is as if you have written this rice paper thoroughly. If a calligraphy work does not have such strength and lines, it is not a good calligraphy art. I am telling you the simplest judgment. If not, it means that you are not a calligraphy major. Watch this. At first glance, it is often not good to say that this work is too good.