What is the difference between calligraphy and European style?

The face is broad and magnificent, Shen Xiong and Pumao; The face body is tendonous, the needles are hidden in the cotton, and the softness is rigid. The European body law is strict, moving in stillness, and danger in peace; The style of European style is subtle and the law is rigorous. You're a master, and you're going to have to think about it.

As for the details, it's actually in these generalities. I hope you are original! ——joyce

Yan muscles and willow bones, this is the most fundamental evaluation of their two book styles by later generations, the European body is earlier than the Yan body, it is prosperous in the early Tang Dynasty, there is the legacy of the North Monument, and the font is hearty and crisp. Yan body is on the basis of the European body, another strange way, to find their own way of calligraphy, the font is the embodiment of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, vigorous and solemn, without losing the law, like the momentum of the Great Wall, to show the soul of my Lang China, is the best product of calligraphy regular script. Starting from the Yan body, you can absorb the pride and majesty of the Yan body calligraphy.

Therefore, it is recommended that beginners should start with the face and body, and of course, they should also choose with their own aesthetic taste.

The introduction to the face is good.

Although compared with the European style and the Yan style, the European style brushwork, the structure is more standardized, and it can lay a good foundation, but the Yan style is simpler and easier to use than the European style, so it is recommended that novices should learn the Yan style first.

European style is the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ouyang Xun created the regular script font, the main feature is that both square and round, the pen force is condensed, very neat and steady, the structure is more rigorous, has a strong foundation, if you want to practice, you can start from the "Nine Cheng Palace".

The founder of Yan Ti is Yan Zhenqing, this kind of regular script is square, the pen is round, the momentum is strong, the strokes are horizontal and light, and the strokes are divided into horizontal and vertical weights, among which "Duobao Pagoda" is now such as many beginners practice more calligraphy, the font is rigorous, delicate and handsome, and it is relatively easy to practice.

Therefore, beginners in calligraphy, whether it is European style or Yan style, choose the best post according to their own preferences, and practice it is relatively fast under interest, and it will not be easy to give up halfway, and it is easy to receive results.

Beginner calligraphy,Facial body is the best choice: The facial features are obvious and simple, such as horizontal and vertical thickness, the whole font is abundant, and it is easy to get started for beginners; The willow body has higher requirements for strokes. And in terms of later transformation, Yan Ti is easy to integrate with other styles, and then form its own face; And it is easy to fall into the willow body, and it is difficult to get out of its style.

Yan Ti is a font created by the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yan Zhenqing, and Liu Gongquan is called "Yan Liu", which has the saying of "Yan muscles and willow bones". "Yan Ti" is for Yan Zhenqing's regular script, its regular script body is square and dense, the strokes are horizontal and vertical, the pen is strong and round, and the momentum is solemn and majestic.

The font style of Tang calligrapher Yan Zhenqing. His calligraphy beginner Chu Suiliang, after learning Zhang Xu's penmanship, the positive block is dignified and majestic, and the momentum is open; The book is vigorous and lush. The ancient method has changed, and it is known as "Yan Ti".

Bai Sha's "Kang Youwei and His "Guangyi Zhou Shuangji": "If the word 'body' was used to represent the style of calligraphy before the Wei and Jin dynasties, after the Wei and Jin dynasties, it turned to express personal styles, such as 'Yan Ti', 'Liu Ti', and 'Zhao Ti', which are not three fonts, but only three different styles of calligraphy. "Lu Gengrong's "A Brief History of Chinese Calligraphy" Lecture 8 (3):

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was mainly guided by Zhang Xu, inheriting the tradition of Wang Xizhi, and learning the characteristics of the four families of the early Tang Dynasty, and absorbing the fresh nutrition of calligraphy in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. There are choices and trade-offs when learning, and he is the creator of the new calligraphy style of the Tang Dynasty, called 'Yan Ti'. ”

The main characteristics of the European structure are: rigorous and neat, tight inside and loose outside, left and right, strong and straight. Most of the fonts are expanded to the right, but the center of gravity is still very stable, and there is no sense of tilting in the middle of the square.

There are three obvious dot painting characteristics in the European regular script: floating goose hooks, vertical dots, and three-point water. Even people who have never studied books can distinguish the European style from a variety of regular script scripts by virtue of these three characteristics.

Whether it is a single word, or a whole row or column, or a whole word, it is very beautiful. This kind of beauty, each word is subtle and expressive, dexterous and vivid, the structure is symmetrical, and the chapter is dense and compact. From an aesthetic point of view, it feels beautiful and gentle.

How to write a good European style?

For beginners, first of all, we must master the posture of holding the pen and writing, understand what is the "five-finger pen method" in Qinghu, use all the five fingers of the right hand to exert force, and hold the pen firmly with the method of "pressing, pressing, hooking, topping, and resisting".

Then the post, "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" is Ouyang Xun's regular script representative work, the most suitable to take Linxi. Ou Kai remember to use less hanging needle vertical, he is different from the face body, Ou Kai rarely appears hanging needle vertical, mostly hanging vertical upright.

The frame between the face and body is open, and the glyph is plump;

The European body is slender and elegant, and the glyph is slightly thin.

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy has two changes, and beginners learn more of his early fonts, such as "Duobao Pagoda Tablet", which retains the style of Tang Kai calligraphy and is rigorous. On behalf of his highest achievement, the second line of books in the world - "The Manuscript of the Sacrifice of Nephews", different from his early works, in the middle and later stages of Beishan, his pen became more and more subtle and mellow, and also became more and more perfect.

Ouyang Xun's representative works include "Jiucheng Palace", which is fresh and dangerous, inheriting the "two kings" style of calligraphy, and it is easy to transfer his words to the line of books for beginners, while Yan Tiruo is a beginner in learning "Yan with the Servant Monument", "Oriental Painting Praise Monument" and "Magu Xiantan Ji" is difficult to turn, but the "Jiucheng Palace" tablet is damaged, it is recommended to take the "Huangfu (Jun) Tablet" for reference.