CHI 221-01: Calligraphy

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 Calligraphy    III
Chinese 211.01
Spring 2002 		Ming Yang
236-6615
Box F-7
E-mail:Yang@Grinnell.edu

    This advanced level course is designed for students who, having completed Chinese 211.01 of beginning level (Calligraphy I), and intermediate level (Calligraphy II). Students who, capably to explore the continued development of techniques in the Seal like Script, and as well as Seal carving method.

   The course consists of group and individual instruction, demonstrations. Students are expected to participate in class discussions and critiques. Class attendance is mandatory. Students grade will be determined on the basis of success with quality of practiced assignments, final project. Students are also required to submit weekly exercises (beginning the second week). Grade may be lowered one grade for 3 unexcused absences.

Sessions

  

Week I

Basic techniques in the Seal like Script ( Zhuan--Shu)

Week II

Structuring the Seal like Script

Week III

Stylistic introduction

Week IV

Style practice

Week V

Write own name on Seal like Script

Week VI

Video tape on stone engraving

Week VII

Demonstration on engrave Zodiac figure

Week VIII

Engrave your own Zodiac figure
 

Semester Recess

Week IX

Continuing on Zodiac figure carving

Week X

Demonstration on name carving Ying Wen

and Yang Wen

Week XI

Engrave own name (choose one of the method )

Week XII

Continuing on name carving

Week XIII

Demonstration on side signature carving

Week XV

Finalize your name carving project

Recommended Readings:

There is no required reading for this course. The following materials are available at Burling have been prepared for those who interested in the history and aesthetics of Chinese Calligraphy.

Catalogue of the Exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting in the Collection of John M. Crawford,Ir.New York,1962.

Ch’en Chin-mai. Chinese Calligraphers and Their Art. London and New York, 1966.

Chiang Yee. Chinese Calligraphy.Cambridge, MA,1973.

Fu Shen  Traces of the Brush: Studies in Chinese Calligraphy. New Haven,1977.

Fu Shen Glenn Lowry, and Ann Yonemura. From Content to Context: approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy. Washington, DC, 1986.

Shu Pu Hong Kong.

*  anyone with a disability that may require some modification of the seating, or class requirements, please contact me after class, so we can discuss appropriate arrangements.
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