On the Grand Development of Seal Script in Anhui Province During the Qianlong and Jiaqing Periods and Seal Script Evaluation:The Revelation of the Creation of the Contemporary Seal Script
During the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods,Anhui seal script achieved unprecedented prosperity,especially in southern Anhui,and made remarkable achievements in the aspects of calligrapher,calligraphers' works and cal-ligrapher theory.The main reason is that there is an academic atmosphere dominated by scholars,calligraphers and other elite groups,which promotes the creation,evaluation and aesthetic appreciation of seal script,and then forms the calligraphy evaluation view of"the management of classics begins with literacy,and the writing of seal script is based on the six books"and"Taking Qin and Han Dynasties as teachers,and taking quality and thickness as the base".Under the guidance of this comment,it not only gave birth to the seal script master Deng Shiru,who led the trend of the generation,but also made people pay attention to the seal script,research and practice enthusiasm which lasted and affected a number of calligraphers,forming a regional group effect.This also provides some reference and enlightenment for the contemporary seal script creation practice.
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