Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature
Wen Zhengming Chinese
Wen Zhengming was one of China’s defining calligraphers. A passionate art collector and student of the past, Wen developed signature manners across different script types of calligraphy, from the formality of regular script to the ease of semicursive to the swashbuckling confidence of cursive. This late work shows Wen’s working in his highly ordered small regular script, a perfectly balanced combination of structure, angularity, and fluidity.
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