USA Metropolitan Museum of New York 29, held China Ming and Qing calligraphy exhibition hall, the display big scroll to scholars in the study of sketch alone enjoy, exhibits rich and colorful content and form.
All the works are Yahoo Corp founder Yang Zhiyuan's private collection. Exhibition called "method of Trace: view far villa collection calligraphy election", displaying more than 40 pieces of works, the exhibition venue for the Metropolitan Museum of art Chinese calligraphy and painting exhibition hall.
Yang Zhiyuan in an interview with Xinhua news agency said, he had a soft spot for Chinese calligraphy, but regret that the United States do not have much chance to learn. Since 1998 he started collecting China works of calligraphy and painting. He looked USA exhibition can make Chinese calligraphy of this great art form known and appreciated for more people, so that they better understand the China culture.
The curators of this exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Asian art department assistant director Shi Yaohua said, "the concept is far hill" is Yang Zhiyuan's vegetarian, hope that through this exhibition, the audience and China closer distance Chinese characters calligraphy. Borrowing the concept of far hills, introduces the basic knowledge of Chinese calligraphy, Ming and Qing two generations of the most important calligraphy and literature and art movement.
He said, selection and exhibition hall exhibits in this exhibition of that era, to sort, describes the development of calligraphy seal, belonging, grass, line five, Kai calligraphy style, the basic concept of full explanation of calligraphy shape, type of font, style changes. In addition, the use of video and other multimedia tools, let the experts and the general public can understand and appreciate.
A highlight of the exhibits are "Thousand Character Classic" Peng Wen books, a total of 85, accounting for about 7.6 meters long side wall full hall. Exhibits include Zhao Mengtiao's small "Lotus Sutra", the Ming Dynasty stationed in the Great Wall Kangqing ace Xiong Tingbi elegant cursive poetry volumes, more than seventeenth Century Ming Dynasty works and a number of important nineteenth Century "Jinshi" masters of calligraphy, show them according to the special style of ancient inscriptive developed bronze and stone.
The exhibition also includes a contemporary works, namely Xu Bing's animation works Chinese characters "character". This 17 minute video Minister of Chinese text origin and formation process of calligraphy.
Ms. Laura Baldwin of Connecticut, told reporters, she and her husband like this exhibition, look for a long time in the hall, because they are like China calligraphy art, are interested in Chinese characters structure and different Chinese characters style. This exhibition attracts them is Li Mengyang 13 calligraphers works "row house boat", this is the 13 calligraphers in different style of calligraphy on the same subject review.
To tie in with the exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of art will also be held on Chinese calligraphy interest lectures, and the brush pen etc..
The exhibition will continue until August 17th.
