Seal cutting books? Seal cutting and printing

China seal art history (top and bottom)

Press: Xiling Press

Date of publication: October 1, 25

Author: Liu Jiangzhu

Abstract

Seal art is a unique art variety in China. It is an integral part of our long history and culture.

The seal art has the duality of material culture and spiritual culture, practical value and aesthetic value. Its formation and development are closely related to our nation, politics, economy and culture. It embodies the aesthetic experience of the Chinese nation, embodies the national quality and cultural spirit, and shows the unique charm of China art..

from the germination and formation of seals in primitive society to the achievement of the Chinese people's * * * and national prosperity and independent disciplines, this book introduces the development history of seal art in China in detail. Including the formation of seals, the development of seal cutting in the past dynasties, the formation of printing science, various forms of printing, the development of seal cutting tools, the practicality of seals, foreign artistic exchanges, the characteristics of private printing and casual seal printing, the development forms of seal prints in the past dynasties, the introduction of seal engravers in the past dynasties, printing groups, printing schools, famous seal engravers, seals in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the research of printing science, seal engraving organizations, seal engraving education and seal engraving exhibitions. A large number of charts are attached, which is of great reference value.

Author's brief introduction

Liu Jiang, formerly known as Fo Yan, is on the shore of the lake and knows right from wrong. Born in July 1926. People from Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. Young children inherit family studies and love painting and calligraphy. After graduating from secondary normal school in 1945, he was admitted to the preparatory school of Chongqing National Art College to study painting. In 1949, he joined the army, and in 1957, he resumed his studies in the Department of Chinese Painting of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, where he was taught calligraphy and seal cutting by President Pan Tianshou. He graduated in 1961 and stayed in school to teach calligraphy, seal cutting and other courses. He used to be a professor at China Academy of Fine Arts, the executive director of China Calligraphy Association, the creative evaluation member, the vice chairman of Zhejiang Calligraphy Association, the vice chairman of China Calligraphy Education Research Association and the vice president of Xiling Printing Society. He has published more than ten monographs, including Liu Jiang's Selected Seal Carving, Seal Carving Techniques, seal cutting, and China Seal Art History, among which Seal Carving Techniques and Beauty of Seal Carving have been translated into Japanese and Korean languages.

I studied calligraphy in Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu, then Li Beihai, and then I studied in han li, Qin Zhuan. Later, he specialized in seal script, starting with the inscriptions on tablets in Qin and Han Dynasties, catching up with Zhong Ding's inscriptions and tortoise shells and bones, and involving Wu Changshuo, Yang Yisun and Deng Shiru. He is good at writing divination with Shi Guwen's brushwork. His pen and ink are vigorous, thick and vigorous, and his composition is varied. Zhu Lesan and Wu Changshuo, seal engravers, pursue the charm of ancient seals and seals, seeking agility in muddy silence and elegance in plain simplicity.

Catalogue

Preface

Chapter I Primitive Society and Three Generations

—— Germination and Form of Seal

Section I Overview

Section II Germination of Primitive Social Seal

I. Decorations imprinted on pottery

II. Tao Pai with seal function

III. Texture and shape of Tao Pai < p Printing pottery in the Xia Dynasty

Formation and application of seals in the Yin Dynasty in the fourth quarter

I. Gray pottery seals and seals

II. White pottery seals and seals

III. Decorations and seals of bronze seals

IV. Seal of characters in the Yin Dynasty

V. Seal of the Zhou Dynasty

I. Bronze writing, Patterns and impressions

II. Images on ceramics

III. Seal seal of the Zhou Dynasty

Section VI. Printing materials and knives of the three generations

I. Printing materials

II. Printing knives

Section VII. Characteristics of the budding stage of seal art

I. The use of Tao Pai is the bud of seal art

II. Three generations are the development stages of Tao Pai-impression-seal

Chapter II Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

-A hundred schools of thought contend and ancient seals blossom

Section I Overview

Section II Official Seal of Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

I. Official Seal of Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

Section III Private Seal of Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period

Proverbs seal

Section IV Image seal of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period

I. Animal image seal

II. Deified deformed image seal

III. Pattern seal

IV. Symbolic seal of Bashu

Section V Application of ancient seal

I. Sealing mud

II. Printing copper

XI. Burning wood

XII. Bell printing

Section VI Button system, seal material and carving knife in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period

I. Button type of ancient seal

II. Texture of seal

III. Carving knife of seal

Section VII. Artistic characteristics of ancient seal

I. Different styles and features of different countries. It's well-distributed and well-distributed

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Chapter III Qin Dynasty

Chapter IV Han Dynasty

Chapter V Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

Chapter VI Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter VII Five Dynasties, Song Dynasty and Liao and Jin Dynasty

Chapter VIII Yuan Dynasty

Chapter IX Ming Dynasty

Chapter X Qing Dynasty

The first chapter.