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Poems dedicated to Shen Shiyou
Calligrapher Wang Duo Chinese
Not on view
清 王鐸 草書贈沈石友詩 卷 絹本
Wang Duo reveled in the accidental effects of saturation, particularly on satin, where the ink would absorb into the weave in strange and compelling ways. Throughout this long handscroll, at the points where Wang paused to reload his brush, the ink bleeds and pools, in some cases nearly obscuring the character he has written. Compare this to the supremely controlled application of ink by Dong Qichang. These two men represent opposite ends of the aesthetic spectrum of seventeenth-century calligraphy, from rough eccentricity of Wang Duo to elegant control of Dong Qichang.
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