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Article: Calligraphy as Art
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- The Washington Post
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- June 23, 1994
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Chinese calligraphy ranging from the middle of the first
century B.C. to 20th-century examples by contemporary Chinese
calligraphy students can be seen in three Smithsonian exhibitions.
The artistic form of writing requires years of training, discipline
and dedication.
The examples currently on display in two museum spaces include
poems, invitations and sacred texts written with ink on paper and
silk scrolls. Calligraphy tools, including stone seals to stamp on
the name of the artist, ink sticks, brushes and rice paper
stationery and envelopes, also are on view.
The first exhibition, "Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy," at
the Freer Gallery, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, ...