Author(s)

Cui Yang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Sichuan Minzu College, Kangding, Sichuan, China

Corresponding Author

Cui Yang

ABSTRACT

There are great aesthetic differences in the aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy in different periods, different regions, and different aesthetic groups. The analysis of "clumsiness" and "ingenuity" in calligraphy aesthetics in this paper is a discussion of problems within the scope of calligraphy aesthetics. When discussing this issue, this paper divides "clumsy" and "skillful" into two pairs of concepts composed of four etymologies for comparative study, that is, "beauty" corresponds to "ugly", and "skillful" corresponds to "clumsy". Because "ingenuity" as the emphasis and pursuit of writing techniques, its fundamental purpose is to write works that look "beautiful". On the contrary, "clumsiness" is concerned with the expression of the writer's cultural accomplishment, personal temperament and ideological realm, so some calligraphers don't even care about beauty and ugliness, which is, to some extent, the transcendence of simple techniques. Therefore, Chinese calligraphers have always believed that "ancient and clumsy" is far better than "beautiful and skillful". What is the historical origin of this aesthetic tradition? What is the basis of its aesthetic idea? All will be explored in this article.

KEYWORDS

Chinese calligraphy, Calligraphy aesthetics, Ancient and clumsy, Graceful and skill

CITE THIS PAPER

Cui Yang, On the "Clumsy" and "Skillful" of Chinese Calligraphy. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 65-71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040112.

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