The sky rained with millet and the ghosts wailed in the night : an anthropological study of Chinese calligraphy
This thesis accounts for the social power of calligraphy in China. It begins by examining the phenomena of widespread public calligraphy and inscription. I investigate three dimensions of Chinese calligraphy - as written characters, as handwriting and as an art form. I examine both the popular view...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312266 |