Calligraphy is not a high-ranking work of art, ordinary people have the views of ordinary people, masters have the views of masters, and those who can write and those who can't write have different views, why are these views different, that is the artistic conception expressed by the art of calligraphy.
What is the artistic conception, simply put, is the author's observation and understanding of life and the environment, the author through superb pen and ink skills, his own understanding in the work of the express, Dong Qichang said "reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles", Chernyshevsky's "art ** in life" is also the meaning. When appreciating a work of art, the viewer can imagine the creator's thoughts, moods, and meaning through the work, understand the original intention of the creator, and then bring themselves into the work, which is the charm of artistic conception.
Su Dongpo once said that "the method of writing, shallow, narrow, and less than three words, can not be perfected", according to the current words is to read more, diligent cultivation, through the work to reflect their own aesthetic intentions, improve the aesthetic atmosphere of the work, so that everyone can get a sense of beauty when appreciating, is the soul of calligraphy art, that is, a lot of calligraphy we emphasize the "god" or "charm". For example, Wang Xizhi's book "The Great Dao Post", in which the artistic conception expressed is his painstaking pursuit of the avenue, but he can't find it, and finally let go, so as to get the free and easy feeling of liberation. When writing other words, Wang Xizhi uses the pen to be restrained, the structure is rigorous, expressing the process of seeking the Tao and realizing the Tao can not be obtained, the melancholy in his heart, the last stroke of the last "yes", using his rarely used extension brushwork, to the left and down, reflecting the joy of letting go, and complementing the whole layout.
Grass saint Zhang Xu through **, showing his broad-minded, unrestrained personality, the overall momentum is extremely unrestrained, but it echoes from beginning to end, there is a release and a receiving, and Zhang Xu mostly writes books after drinking, and there is no self in his heart after drinking, and he can sway freely without distractions. The picture shows Zhang Xu's "Four Posts of Ancient Poems", which was made after drinking.
Yan Zhenqing's "Manuscript for the Sacrifice of Nephews" was written after his brother Yan Gaoqing was captured by the rebels, and the words between the lines express a kind of grief and indignation, worrying about the country and the people, reflecting his artistic conception of "after picking a hundred flowers into honey, for whom to work hard for whom is sweet", and the smearing in the manuscript better shows his sad and indignant mood.
The Northern Wei Dynasty cliff stone carving "Stone Gate Inscription" has a strong gold and stone flavor, and the words show the realm of overcoming thorns and thorns and not fearing dangers.
Here, many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the line and cursive can better reflect the artistic conception, but in fact, Sun Guoting's "Book Pedigree" has already said that "Yuan Chang is not grass, but turns vertically and horizontally", which means that although Zhong Xuan's words are not cursive, but there is the agility and chic of cursive. In fact, cursive writing is the same, a closer look at Zhang Xu's cursive script, although the words are flying and the phoenix are dancing, but all of them follow the rules of cursive writing and regular script.