Dong Qichang was a famous painter and calligrapher in the late Ming Dynasty. His calligraphy style is elegant, elegant, ethereal and self-sufficient. His calligraphy works combine the calligraphy styles of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan, and form a system of their own. Dong Qichang attached great importance to the skill of using ink, and divided ink into five different shades to create calligraphy.
The most prominent feature of his calligraphy works is the good use of pen and ink. For example, the cursive "Du Lv Shi Ji" shows the rhythm and melody of music in the change of ink color with both plain brushstrokes and wet brushstrokes. He also likes to write books in dry ink, such as "Official Wall Stone Volume" and "Huai Su Festival Self-narrative Post Volume" written by cursive Zhang. The ink color is rich, light but not light, dry but not floating.
The charm of Dong Qichang's calligraphy is vividly displayed. In addition, Dong Qichang attaches great importance to the composition of rules and regulations. He once said: The ancients discussed books in terms of rules and regulations. His calligraphy works are broad, ethereal and elegant, such as regular script "Immortal Living Fan" and "Caoshufang Village Night Poetry Fan".
The contrast between black and white is great, and the works are scattered and quiet, quiet and elegant. His calligraphy works also contain a distant, ethereal and mysterious Zen realm. Generally speaking, Dong Qichang's calligraphy style is unique and full of artistic appeal, and he is one of the important representatives in the history of China's calligraphy.
Main influence
Dong Qichang's calligraphy is called Xing Zhang Mi Dong, which is juxtaposed with Linyi Xing Dong, Zhang Jinjiang Ruitu and Xu Tianmi Wanzhong; There is a saying in the painting that the south is east and the north is rice. Mo Shilong and Chen Jiru advocated the theory of North-South School, that is, landscape painting and literati painting were divided into two factions. There are countless paintings and calligraphy works created by Dong Qichang in his life, among which the paintings and poems of recent people are an important part.
What he said in "Essays on Painting Zen Rooms" is to read thousands of books, which means that if one wants to be an artist, one must learn from tradition and the ancients. At the age of 65,438+07, he wrote Yan Zhenqing's "Many Pagodas" when he began to learn calligraphy. At the age of 22, he studied under Huang. Later, he learned it from other schools. This practice of learning from the ancients lasted for 80 years and accompanied him all his life.