2014 Presentations (Communicative Events)

Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition and Symposium

Mansheng, Wang; Xiaohua, Zheng

This video features two presentations from the Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition and Symposium delivered at Columbia on October 18, 2014. In his presentation, Both Tool and Art: Chinese Calligraphy, Wang Mansheng presents some of his calligraphic art and describes what he has learned over decades of study and practice of Chinese calligraphy. In the second presentation, Aesthetics of Chinese Calligraphy, Zheng Xiaohua compares the histories of Chinese and Western art to reveal the aesthetic principles that influence calligraphy artists.