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Out of Character
Decoding Chinese Calligraphy
by Michael Knight, Joseph Chang, Asian Art Museum
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2012 by Asian Art Museum
ISBN-13: 978-0-939117-63-5, ISBN: 0-939117-63-0
"What defines a masterwork of calligraphy? Out of Character, a collaborative effort from leading Chinese and U.S. scholars, tries to answer this question by focusing on fifteen calligraphic masterpieces. Supporting these masterworks are an additional twenty-five works of the highest quality. Calligraphy has been admired as the ultimate art form by China's educated elite for more than 2,000 years. Over that time a complex set of rules and ..."
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