Calligraphy    II

Chinese 211.01 Spring 2002

Ming Yang 236-6615 Box F-7 E-mail:Yang@Grinnell.edu

This course is specifically designed for students who, having complete Chinese 211.01 beginning level, are familiar with the  basic principles of Chinese calligraphy and have mastered the "Standard Script" (k'ai-shu).  The focus of this course will be the "Clerical Script" (li-shu ) and primarily on the "Running Script" (xing-shu).

Students grade will be determined on the basis of success with quality of practiced assignment, final project, participation  and attendance. Students are expected to participate in class discussions and critiques. Grade may be lowered one grade for 3 unexcused absences. Students are also required to submit weekly exercises ( beginning the second week).  

Sessions
Week I	Basic techniques in the "Clerical Script" (li-shu )
Week II	Structuring the "Clerical Script"
Week III	Stylistic introduction
Week IV	Style practice
Week V	Further on practice
Week VI	Review and introducing more "Standard Scripts"
Week VII	Basic principles of the "Running Script" (Xing-Shu)
Week VIII	Stylistic introduction on Running Script
	Semester   Recess
Week IX	Further on the "Running Script"
Week X	Selected forms on the "Running Script"
Week XI	Further practices on selected forms
Week XII	Design own "Running Script" project
Week XIII	Continue on project
Week XIV	Finalize the project

 Recommended     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, Jr. New York, 1962.    Ch'en Chih-mai.  Chinese Calligraphers and Their Art.  London and New York, 1966.

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

Fu Shen et al.  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.