Is it difficult to insist on doing something you love for a long time?
The answer is: hard! The reason why everyone advocates self-discipline now is because the world is currently tempted to too many, it is easy to be interfered with by the outside world, and over time they will abandon what they love.
For many people, picking up a brush to write in this digital era may seem very "old-fashioned", in fact, this is just a symptom, the frontier of science also has its own "ancient", calligraphy development is still constantly creating "new". Although today's calligraphers, like the ancients, pick up a brush and write, they have already created a creation that belongs to this era. The interpretation of art history and new artistic creation are inseparable, and artists need to constantly recall the ancient times in order to have new creations.
The artist we invited today not only has a superb level of calligraphy, but also made great contributions to the development of inherited culture for future generations, he is Deng Baojian, professor of the Department of Calligraphy at the School of Art and Media of Beijing Normal University. A calligrapher who has always insisted on doing what he likes.
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Biography
Deng Baojian is a professor in the Department of Calligraphy, School of Art and Media, Beijing Normal University, a doctoral supervisor, and a director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. Member of the Education Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. He graduated from the Department of Chinese of Chinese University with a doctorate degree in literature and art. He did postdoctoral research in the calligraphy department of Beijing Normal University, and then stayed on to teach. He is committed to the study of aesthetics and the history of calligraphy, and has authored "Xuanli and Calligraphy- An Interpretation of Calligraphy and Calligraphy in the Southern and Northern Dynasties of wei and Jin", "Classic Stele Copying Tutorial • JiuchengGong Liquan Ming", "Classic Stele Copying Tutorial : Xuanmi Pagoda Stele" and so on. Calligraphy works are collected by the Great Hall of the People, the Central Archives, the National Library and other institutions.
We asked Teacher Deng Baojian to create two works, the "Gaowen Dashu" and the Xingshu "Wangdi Crying Crane", respectively, around the characters of "Book" and "Emperor".
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The Great Book of Gaowen
The evolution of the word "book", "book" refers to the book, such as books, picture books ancient books made of bamboo compendium. "Book" originally referred to the ancient bamboo jian strung together for writing, the oracle bone "book" like a bamboo book; the gold "book" is similar to the oracle bone, but the length of the bamboo jane and the image rope are slightly different; the small seal "book" is written according to the gold text, the change is not large, the glyph is relatively regular and slightly longer; the "book" of the book simplifies the small seal glyph, the middle of the thread becomes a horizontal, the overall glyph is wide and flattened; it is written in italics, and the strokes are clear and square.
The "Gaowen Dashu" to be written today refers to some classic works.
Teacher Deng first wrote the word "high", and the horizontal starting pen was followed by a little closing pen, which was more coherent, so he used a counter-edge to start the pen. The horizontal folding hook uses a circle turn, and the horizontal fold of the "mouth" inside uses a square fold, which forms a contrast.
The beginning of the word "wen" is also a little horizontal, to make them change. Because it is written in large characters, the horizontal character of "Wen" appears thick and powerful, and the foot is different from the text.
The teacher wrote a variant here, which is different from the way we write it now. What is a variant? That is, their sounds and meanings are exactly the same, but they are written differently.
Teacher Deng said that when creating art, he should consider the works he created himself. Like the four characters of the "Gaowen Dashu", there are four horizontals that are very eye-catching, and they must be distinguished in terms of length, weight, and form.
This calligraphy work "Gaowen Dashu" created around the word "book" is here, I hope you like it!
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Book of Hopes
The evolution of the "emperor" character, the oracle bone "emperor" is like a pile of horizontal seven vertical eight together, ready to be lit firewood; the gold "emperor" and the oracle bone are basically the same, the lines become thicker; the small seal "emperor" is written in a more regular glyph according to the golden script, and the lower part is written as a scarf-like glyph; the lishu will be the wood in the middle of the small seal, written horizontally and vertically, and the "towel" character on the lower side is written more clearly, so that the basic strokes of the emperor are available; the horizontal and vertical structure of the "emperor" of the letter is square.
"Emperor" is a hieroglyph, and some people think that it resembles the shape of a flower peduncle. "Emperor" refers to the gods and emperors, and also extends to the emperor and monarch of the human world.
"Wangdi Crying Crane" is an allusion, according to legend, during the Warring States period, Du Yu, the king of the Shu kingdom, called Wangdi, because of the merit of the turtle spirit to control the flood, so Du Yu gave up the throne to him. Du Yu has since gone into hiding. When he left, it was February, and the birds were chirping. The Shu people remembered him and called zizhi a cuckoo. There is also a saying that Du Yu's soul transformed into a cuckoo. Li Shangyin has a poem called "Wangdi Chunxin Tuo Cuckoo"
When the teacher wrote the first "wang" word, because the pen was dipped in more ink, the writing was a little heavier.
"Emperor" character, because the teacher did not dip the ink, so the ink in the pen is less, there will be some dry pens, and the vertical of the "Emperor" word is written into a short bend.
The last vertical of the word "cry" is written long and straight.
The left half of the word "crane" is more calm with a pen, while the right half is very brisk with a pen and appears more lively.
The first and last words of the four words "Wangdi Crying Crane" are generally stable, while the middle two words are more jumpy and changeable.
A work of "Wangdi Crying Crane" was completed, and I hope you like it.
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