We have all heard the saying:? Art comes from life, higher than life? Calligraphy is also an art form, which also conforms to this feature. The formation of artistic culture is often closely related to real life, which can reflect the characteristics of an era and reflect the trend and value orientation of the times. When we appreciate works of art, we should pay attention to the rich connotation behind the works, not just stay on the surface. Therefore, we should not only look at the characters themselves, but also look at the deep cultural connotation.
There are many schools of calligraphy in China, so I won't go into them one by one. I only choose a few that I know better. Let's take the Tang Dynasty as an example. In the Tang Dynasty, there were many calligraphers, and all kinds of calligraphy schools also competed for each other. Regular script represented by Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan. Cursive script represented by Zhang Xu and Huai Su. The difference between these two schools of calligraphy is obvious: one pays attention to standardization and the other is wild and uninhibited. Their works of art not only bring us beautiful words, but also endow us with rich cultural connotations. These calligraphy works all reflect the open cultural atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, allowing various schools to develop freely. It shows that different people are influenced by different cultural atmosphere, develop different aesthetic concepts and choose different calligraphy schools, which is the most important compared with the characters themselves.
Looking at calligraphy works depends not only on whether the characters themselves are beautiful, but also on the rotation of the pen and the handling of the structure and size of the characters. We should know more about the cultural background and connotation of the works. Only in this way can we understand the author's mentality when writing, and thus have a comprehensive and profound understanding of this calligraphy.