字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 Here in the western world, painting and writing are in general seen as distinct disciplines of practice. Although both can be creative in nature, and there are definitely contemporary artists who create text based art, in most of western history - the practice of writing has never really been a major player in the visual arts. This is not so much the case in other parts of the world. For millennia, as well as today, the art of Calligraphy is a major artistic practice in many East Asian countries such as China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Today we're going to focus specifically on the history of Chinese calligraphy. Historically, in China, many artists who painted picturesque scenes would have also been trained in the art of calligraphy. And artists would often write lines of poetry or prose along the sides of painted scenes. In fact, during some historical periods, painting was often seen as a secondary practice compared to the prestigious practice of calligraphy. The primary reason the visual arts and the practice of writing are so closely linked in Chinese culture, is due to the fact that the written characters themselves are pictograph based. When one writes a Chinese Character, they are essentially drawing an abstracted picture. Thus, through the art of calligraphy, Chinese writers and poets were not only able to express their creativity and personality through the meanings of the words they wrote, but also in the forms and brushstrokes of the words themselves. The Chinese form of writing, often referred to as “characters” or “ideograms”, are composed of usually square shaped symbols, each representing a word or meaning. They evolved from an ancient pictograph based language that was abstracted and simplified over time. For example, during the Chinese Bronze Age, the Shang dynasty, roughly around 1400 BCE, the character for horse pretty much looked like this, over time it was standardized to fit into the square character ratio, then it was abstracted even further and the modern symbol for horse looks like this. The basic tools that are generally used by Chinese calligraphers are black ink or ink sticks, ink stones, brush, traditional calligraphy paper, and sometimes also a paper weight, seal and red seal paste. We will cover more of what the materials are used for as well as their history in the next episode. So there are a lot of formal rules regarding how to properly write a Chinese character as well as how to used traditional calligraphy methods - such as how to properly grind the ink you're using and how to properly hold a brush. Basically, for every single character, the stroke has to be written in a particular sequence. So not only do you have to remember how to write the thousands of commonly used Chinese characters, you also have to remember the sequence the brush strokes go in, for every single character. Seriously, compared to that, English class was a breeze. When writing these words, the creativity and individual personalities comes from qualities such as stroke thickness, light and dark contrast, the amount of ink used, the pressure of the hand, speed, motion, and the texture of the brushstroke. It is also takes a lot of practice to learn proper control of the brush and ink - since Chinese black ink is a really tricky and medium to work with. For those of you who haven't tried to paint with traditional black ink, you may think oh it shouldn't be that hard to make a stroke on a piece of paper - but believe me when I say it's not easy. Most people's first attempt in using it usually involves getting ink everywhere, not being able to make straight lines at all and just having the ink basically bleed all over the page. Or maybe it was just me. So when an artist finishes a calligraphy work, they would seal it in red, this effectively acts as a signature. Seals were not only used by artists, but they were also used by emperors, courts, families and basically any organization or person that wanted to identify itself. Over the years this art form has become more than just works done on paper. In the early 1990s a small street phenomenon called "Di Shu", meaning ground calligraphy or street calligraphy began in a park in Beijing, and eventually grew into this huge urban phenomenon that swept through the entire country. It's where anonymous calligraphers would just show up in city squares, streets and parks with these huge brushes and sometimes even mops, using water as ink, and the pavement as paper, and would paint huge characters, words, poems and other literary works right on the ground. Creating these beautiful and ephemeral performances of linguistic and visual expression. Some of you may ask - is it possible to appreciate Chinese calligraphy without knowing how to read Chinese? I certainly think so. I think anyone can appreciate they beauty of the stunning linework, the sharp and bold black strokes, contrasted with glistening red seals. Appreciating the style, meticulousness and control of a calligraphic stroke is in a way very similar to appreciating the brushstrokes of an impressionist painting. You may not read Chinese, but we can all read picture. So can you think of other examples of creative uses of words or languages in visual art? Whether it's eastern art or western art. Let me know in the comments. Subtitles by the Amara.org community
B1 中級 美國腔 什麼是中國書法?第一部分:歷史 (What is Chinese Calligraphy? Pt 1: History | ARTiculations) 40 2 Li Rose 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日 更多分享 分享 收藏 回報 影片單字