Taction :the drama of the chisel, stylus, brush in oriental calligraphy
Parallel Title Proper
Taction :
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st English ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Tokyo :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
International House of Japan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 297 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
CONTENTS NOTE
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Taction : the wellspring of calligraphic expression -- Reciprocity : the yin and yang of calligraphy -- Verticality : calligraphy's spiritual orientation -- Melody : regularity, irregularity, and both -- Storytelling : plot development through taction -- Rhythm : meterless and stepped taction -- Communication : the modes of expression -- Brush dynamics : upright and sideways, jabbing and caressing, pushing and pulling -- Architecture : how characters come together -- Dance : movement seen and motion sensed -- Protoscripts : calligraphy and design -- Margin : calligraphy's larger context.