Four Thousand Years of Chinese Calligraphy

By Peter Miller and Leon Long-yien Chang

Chinese calligraphy evokes a complex beauty by the simplest means--a single character, a stroke, or even a dot. It is an intriguing art form that at once reveals a calligrapher's talent and learning, reflects whole epochs of philosophy, religion, and culture, and embraces an artistic tradition thousands of years old. This volume offers a loving appreciation of the aesthetic values underlying Chinese calligraphy as well as an authoritative guide to its historical development as one of China's supreme artistic accomplishments.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226101118
• ISBN13: 9780226101118
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 1.3" x 9.5"