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	East Asian calligraphy Summary
		Calligraphy is one of the most respected art forms in Japan because the brush strokes are able to capture the artist's intentional and unintentional artistic expression as well as every nuance of their character, spirit, and state of mind.
		Calligraphy written in both Chinese and Korean characters is taught in elementary schools and in private calligraphy schools.
		Works of calligraphy are usually completed by the artist putting his or her seal at the very end, in red ink.
	www.bookrags.com /East_Asian_calligraphy (5171 words)

	Calligraphy
		Calligraphy at every point in time is a conscious art, which is distinguished from the studies of Epigraphy or Palaeography in general.
		Calligraphy (in Chinese, Shufa 書法, in Japanese Shodō 書道, or "the way of writing") is considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of East Asian painting.
		Arabic calligraphy is often displayed in Muslim art, because it serves as an inspiration.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/c/ca/calligraphy.html (719 words)

	Calligraphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Calligraphy (in Chinese Shufa 書法 in Japanese Shodō 書道 or "the way of writing") considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of Asian painting.
		Seal carving is one branch Chinese calligraphy and considered as a high since it expresses the carver's calligraphy and expression in fitting a number of characters majority of which are of seal script into such a small area of space carved in reverse so that the imprint gives the characters in their proper form.
		Arabic calligraphy is often displayed in Muslim art because it serves as an When used decoratively the writing is so that it is almost unreadable.
	www.freeglossary.com /Calligraphy (1110 words)

	Calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Well-crafted calligraphy differs from typography and non-classical hand-lettering; characters are historically disciplined yet fluid and spontaneous, improvised at the moment of writing (Pott 2005; Zapf 2006).
		East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese characters (called Hanzi in Chinese, Kanji in Japanese, and Hanja in Korean).
		Islamic calligraphy is an aspect of Islamic art that has evolved alongside the religion of Islam and the Arabic language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calligraphy (2345 words)

	YourSourceInJapan.com - Hanging Scroll Paintings - Japanese Scroll Paintings - Calligraphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In China, the birthplace of the East Asian tradition of calligraphy, the three disciplines - poetry, calligraphy, and painting - were considered the proper attainments of every cultured person, and excellence in writing thought to be a manifestation of the practitioner's character.
		Works of calligraphy by Zen monks came to be known as bokuseki ("ink traces") and were prized by monastic communities, which treated them as icons symbolizing spiritual transmission from master to master.
		This recent trend in calligraphy asserts new artistic forms of pure abstraction, coming close to some aspects of 20th-century Western pictorial art and deviating sharply from the traditional script styles and emulative aspects of the age-old art of calligraphy.
	www.yoursourceinjapan.com /calligraphy.htm (1634 words)

	Calligraphy
		Different from other visual art techniques, all calligraphy strokes are the same and unbroken, thus demanding careful planning and confident execution-very similar to the skills needed for an executive.
		The key in good calligraphy is to control the concentration of ink, the porosity and thickness of paper, and flexibility of the brush.
		The artist may seek mental exercises through calligraphy that coordinate the mind and the body to select the style in his expression and content of the words he is writing.
	www.iheartart.com /calligraphy.htm (400 words)

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		Its goal is to reaffirm the spiritual core of calligraphy as an alternative aesthetic for the coming century in contrast to Western materialism and East Asian religion.
		It is my personal wish to move away from the confines of traditional oriental calligraphy and create a new form of art that will touch and fire the hearts of people around the modern world.
		Calligraphy occupies a point between representation and pure form, one that is illuminated by Hanong's free-form style.
	www.easternspirit.com /english/painting/kimsunwuk/kimcritics.html (749 words)

	FREE CALLIGRAPHY compliments of Inspire21.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I have been doing calligraphy and "wordart" since I was in high school, from 1965 to 1967.
		I decided to use calligraphy to highlight the entire Seafood buffet for their Friday and Saturday night affairs.
		Calligraphy is not dead, nor dying, as long as we continue to embellish the art and develop new uses.
	www.inspire21.com /site/wordart/free_callig.html (2865 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/East Asian calligraphy
		However, because seals act like legal signatures in Chinese culture and (to a lesser extent in modern times)Japanese culture, and because vermillion seal impressions are a fundamental part of the presentation of works of art such as calligraphy and painting, seals and therefore seal script remain ubiquitous.
		The characters thus rendered are traditionally those for the eight Confucian virtues of humility, honor, duty, propriety, trust, loyalty, brotherly love, and filial piety.
		Nearly all traditionally educated men (and sometimes women) in East Asia are proficient in calligraphy.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Shufa (2050 words)

	Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions : Collection Exhibitions : Past : 1999
		Among the pieces on exhibition are an eighth-century Chinese sutra Admonitions to the Monks, a handscroll of calligraphy by Chinese and Japanese abbots and priests at Mampuki-ji temple in Uji and a two-fold screen by the contemporary artist Morita Shiryu.
		The characters for tiger and dragon stand in for the usual physical depictions of the beasts, which are commonly paired on East Asian screens.
		The poetic, semi-cursive calligraphy incised on this teapot advises that: because at first the tea should be intoxicating, you ought to drink it "at your leisure." The phrase "at your leisure" (ju-i) is a verbal pun on the shape of the teapot, which is known as ju-i in Chinese.
	www.philamuseum.org /exhibitions/collection/1999/146.html (449 words)

	New Exhibit (Pacific Asia Museum)
		Ranging from examples of contemporary calligraphy, created using traditional Chinese characters, to invented scripts that resemble Chinese writing, and from calligraphic sculptures to conceptual video installations, the exhibition provides works that appeal to a wide audience.
		The exhibition is arranged in three sections that reflect three basic responses to traditional calligraphy: calligraphy renewed, calligraphy reinvented, and calligraphy deconstructed.
		Calligraphy and haiku poetry-writing workshops and refreshments are included.
	www.pacificasiamuseum.org /calendar/exhibitions/calligraphy.htm (519 words)

	East Asian calligraphy - Chinese Calligraphy - Chinese Art
		East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese characters (called Hanzi in Chinese, Kanji in Japanese languageJapanese, and Hanja in Korean languageKorean).
		Calligraphy (in Chinese, Shufa 書法, in Japanese ShodoShodō 書道, or "the way of writing") is considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of East Asian painting.
		Calligraphy has influenced most major art styles in East Asia, including sumi-e, a style of Chinese paintingChinese and Japanese painting based entirely on calligraphy.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/East_Asian_calligraphy (423 words)

	Harvard University Art Museums - Press Releases, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 80 objects in A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting not only survey the history of East Asian painting but also reflect Harvard's long and continuing tradition of collecting and teaching the arts of Asia.
		The principal subjects of East Asian painting are landscapes, figures, and flora and fauna.
		The Harvard University Art Museums are one of the world's leading arts institutions, with the Arthur M. Sackler, Busch-Reisinger, and Fogg art museums, the Straus Center for Conservation, and the U.S. headquarters for the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, an excavation project in western Turkey.
	www.artmuseums.harvard.edu /press/html/released2004/eastAsian.html (1533 words)

	University of Puget Sound :: Asian Studies: Requirements
		Asian studies courses are represented in the First Year Seminar program in the core curriculum (see list of courses, below), although these do not count toward the designation in Asian Studies.
		Every student seeking the designation must coordinate her or his program with the Director of the Asian Studies Program and is encouraged to select a primary or secondary advisor from among the faculty members in the program.
		The Asian Studies Colloquium is a co-curricular series of presentations by guest speakers, special films, and other cultural events to promote campus awareness of, and knowledge about, Asia.
	www.ups.edu /x4828.xml (978 words)

	East Asia : Asian Collections: An Illustrated Guide (Library of Congress - Asian Division)
		While separate and distinct from the Asian Division's Japanese Section, JDC's work is in the broadest sense part of the Asian Division's coverage of modern Japan.
		Although Japan's role in East Asia continued to become more important, it was not until the 1930s that serious academic study of Japan began in the United States.
		The Asian Division's 10,000 items from North Korea are therefore vital to scholars and government officials trying to understand developments in the north.
	www.loc.gov /rr/asian/guide/guide-east.html (1841 words)

	East Asian calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, because seals act like legal signatures in Chinese culture and (to a lesser extent in modern times) Japanese culture, and because vermillion seal impressions are a fundamental part of the presentation of works of art such as calligraphy and painting, seals and therefore seal script remain ubiquitous.
		The paper, ink, brush, and inkstone are essential implements of East Asian calligraphy: they are known together as the Four Treasures of the Study (T: 文房四寶 / S: 文房四宝) in China, and as the Four Friends of the Study (Korean Hangul: 문방사우 / Hanja: 文房四友) in Korea.
		Chinese calligraphy of mixed styles written by Song Dynasty (1051-1108 CE) poet Mifu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Asian_calligraphy (2134 words)

	Calligraphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Calligraphy is an art; an art based on making beautiful curves and lines.
		East Asian Calligraphy is traditionally done with a brush and ink on paper or silk.
		Chinese Calligraphy has become a specialist pursuit, and a diminishing one at that, as calligraphers and traditionalists often note with sadness and occasionally alarm.
	calligraphy.smartreviewguide.com (823 words)

	calligraphy - Ask.com Web Search
		Calligraphy (from Greek καλλος kallos "beauty" + γραφος graphos "writing") is the art of beautiful writing.
		Calligraphy today ranges from functional inscriptions and hand lettering to fine art pieces where the expression of the...
		Calligraphy (from Greek κάλλος kallos "beauty" + γραφή graphẽ "writing") is the art of beautiful writing...
	search.ask.com /web?q=calligraphy (184 words)

	Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An interdisciplinary major in East Asian Studies, including an Honors option, is offered jointly by several departments in the College of Arts and Science.
		For the Honors Degree with Distinction in East Asian Studies, the six credit hours of thesis would be in addition to the 31 or 32 credit hours required for the major, to yield a total of 37 or 38 credit hours.
		The minor in East Asian Studies with Language consists of the 18 credits of requirements for East Asian Studies without Language plus completion of either CHIN 107 or JAPN 107 or their equivalents in transfer credit or by successful performance on a proficiency examination.
	www.udel.edu /catalog/cat2003/as/ugrad/east_asian.html (619 words)

	Amazon.com: Sacred Calligraphy of the East: Books: John Stevens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Throughout the East, writing is held to be a gift from the gods, and the divinely inspired letters and characters are objects of the highest veneration.
		Calligraphy Supplies at PenCity — At PenCity you will find a selection of Calligraphy pens and accessories, from a pen specialist, in stock and ready to ship.
		Sacred Calligraphy of the East takes you through the scripts used in the sacred writings of religions and nations of East Asia.
	www.amazon.com /Sacred-Calligraphy-East-John-Stevens/dp/1570621225 (1500 words)

	Undergraduate East Asian Studies - Simmons College
		Though East Asian Studies is not a new program, a recent grant from the Freeman Foundation has enabled the program to hire a tenure-track faculty member, to update library holdings, to recruit students abroad, and to fund faculty and student research and travel.
		Students are required to study an East Asian language for two years.
		A minor in East Asian studies consists of five courses from the EAS curriculum, two of which may be replaced by East Asian language courses.
	www.simmons.edu /academics/undergraduate/east_asian/programs.html (600 words)

	UCSB History of Art and Architecture: The Program
		The department’s coverage of East Asian art is shared by Professors Peter Sturman and Miriam Wattles, whose courses primarily focus on the pictorial and graphic traditions of China and Japan.
		Motivated undergraduate students interested in developing a focused specialization in East Asian art history are encouraged to consult with their professors to develop individual programs and work on special projects.
		Graduate work in East Asian art history includes training in the reading of all forms of scripts and seals as well as the history of calligraphy as an art.
	www.arthistory.ucsb.edu /program/eastasian.php (513 words)

	THE ART OF CHITFU YU » Blog Archive » Chinese calligraphy
		Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout China to this day.
		Calligraphy (in Chinese, Shufa 書法, in Japanese Shodō 書道, in Korean, Seoyae 書藝, all meaning “the way of writing”) is considered an important art in East Asia and the most refined form of East Asian painting.
		For centuries, Chinese literati were expected to master the art of calligraphy.The style of Chinese calligraphy has evolved continually for thousands of years.
	www.chitfu.com /2005/11/22/001 (311 words)

	Lawrence Academics East Asian Studies Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An introductory survey of East Asia from the dawn of indigenous civilization to the 16th century.
		This introductory course explores encounters with nature in East Asian texts through close reading of primary texts in English translation — Taoist philosophy, lyric poetry, personal memoirs, and fiction — from the traditional periods of China and Japan, ending with a contemporary Japanese novel from the mid-1990s.
		This course examines the policies and politics associated with the emergence and continued dynamism of the East Asian economies.
	www.lawrence.edu /academics/east/cdescriptions.shtml (1121 words)

	calligraphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In earlier times, writing was also thought to be a higher art form than painting, for it was believed that calligraphy embodied the writer's creative character and inner spirit.
		Brush, ink, paper, and silk - the basic materials of calligraphy - were introduced in the 5th century to Japan from China where written characters and different scripts had evolved for over two thousand years.
		The exhibited works are presented in conjunction with the 2000 Meeting of the Association of Japanese Literary Studies hosted by the East Asian Studies Program, Washington University.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~ajls/calligraphy.html (318 words)

	Stefan Arteni / Beyond Borders
		They consider connections and influences among the contemporary visual arts, modern East Asian interpretive calligraphy, and the essential schemata of Western and Southeastern European traditional art forms.
		S. Arteni, during his years as a student of Tanaka Setsuzan, President of the Japan Calligraphy Art Association and one of the foremost contemporary masters of Japanese calligraphy, explored the possibilities of a multi-layered field for interpretive calligraphy.
		The encounter with East Asian calligraphy triggered a process of “interiorization,” a journey back to the source of all forms, to universes that can be regarded as culturally homologous.
	www.stefanarteni.net /retrospective/beyond_borders/beyond_borders.html (1016 words)

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