In our common sense, beautiful words are calligraphy! No one would question that.
But in fact, beautiful characters don't have to be calligraphy!
It's hard to understand. The problem is that you stand at a different height to look at the calligraphy!
One is to look at calligraphy from a practical perspective, and the other is to look at calligraphy from an artistic point of view. The level of thinking is not at one latitude.
Look at the calligraphy from a practical height
What you see is the structure of the font, and the well-structured font is naturally pleasing to the eye and beautiful. But beautiful words don't have to be calligraphy. I'll talk about the reasons later.
Look at the calligraphy from the height of art
Art is about the expression of personal emotions. Good calligraphy can express the joys and sorrows of the author's heart. You don't have to look at the meaning of the words, just look at the glyphs to understand the author's mood.
For example, Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice nephew manuscript", it is estimated that few people can read what is written in the text, but the anger that comes from the face, we have experienced, this is good calligraphy.
For example, Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface", you don't have to read the content of the text, although the content in the text is also very beautiful.
Just by looking at the glyphs, you can appreciate Wang Xizhi's flowing and dashing mentality at that time. This is good calligraphy.
Why aren't beautiful words necessarily calligraphy?
We look at the printed script on the book is beautiful, but it is not calligraphy. Fine arts characters are beautiful, but they are also not calligraphy.
The fundamental reason is that these fonts do not have the emotional expression of the author.
If you look at the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" written in print, if you can't read the meaning of the words, you don't know that the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" is an article about grief and indignation.
But calligraphy can already be separated from the meaning of the character to express Yan Zhenqing's sad and indignant mood. This is the fundamental difference between calligraphy and writing.
Calligraphy can be separated from the meaning of the word to express the author's mood, and writing without the meaning of the word, you can not understand anything.
Wang Xizhi's Orchid Pavilion Preface
Yan Zhenqing's nephew manuscript
summary:
It is emphasized here that good calligraphy coupled with beautiful character meaning can better express the author's mood. This article is not meant to separate them. Just let you experience the difference between calligraphy and writing.
Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" is both a good calligraphy and a good article, which is a good example.
In a later article, I will talk about how calligraphy expresses the author's mood, so stay tuned. Tell us what you think about this issue.
Original Author: Inkworm