Description
Shanghai bo wu guan / Shanghai Museum [Shanghai]: [Shanghai bo wu guan], [Published Date: no date listed, circa 1998]. Paper covers, 32 pp ; chiefly color illustrations; 29 cm. Bilingual text in Chinese and English.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition with light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). "1998" written in ink on top corner of first page. Otherwise pages are unmarked. Catalog published by the Shanghai Museum for its Chinese Calligraphy Gallery. Introduces the chronological development of Chinese calligraphy through dynastic periods from the Shang to the Qing. The bilingual foreword and introduction explain the evolution of Chinese written characters as artistic expressions of spoken words, emphasizing their origins in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze vessel scripts. Content is organized thematically and historically, illustrating various script forms including Big Seal, Small Seal, Official Script, Cursive, and Regular Script.