Title: Chinese Calligraphy (Cao Style)
javewu - August 25, 2006 06:29 PM (GMT)
Features of Cao Shu
The main feature of Cao Shu is to simplify the left sidepiece (radical) of a character and focus on the right sidepiece (“Yi Zuo Yang Yu 抑 左 揚 右,” literally simplify the left and focus on the right.) Thus a calligraphy work in Cao Style will look more smooth, connecting and faster with abrupt turning and dramatic effects.
The following is a list show each character in Kai Style and three ways of writing that character in Cao Style. Like Zuan Style, a character can be written in many ways in Cao Style.
Kai Style (Example):
The 3 Different Cao Styles Writing (of the same word):
The main feature of Cao Shu is to simplify the left sidepiece (radical) of a character and focus on the right sidepiece (“Yi Zuo Yang Yu 抑 左 揚 右,” literally simplify the left and focus on the right.) Thus a calligraphy work in Cao Style will look more smooth, connecting and faster with abrupt turning and dramatic effects.
The following is a list show each character in Kai Style and three ways of writing that character in Cao Style. Like Zuan Style, a character can be written in many ways in Cao Style.
Kai Style (Example):
The 3 Different Cao Styles Writing (of the same word):