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| Scripts Development / Cursive Script (草 書 "Cao Shu") (from 300 A.D.) | ||||||
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(click image for closer view) or (click here to view a slideshow on the entire scripts development - requires monitor size 1024 x 768 pixels) |
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| Sun Guo Ting Tang (孫 過 庭) |
Zhang Xu Tang (張 旭) |
Huai Su Tang (懷 素) |
Huang Ting Jian Northern Song (黃 庭 堅) |
Zhu Yun Ming Ming (祝 允 明) |
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| We mentioned earlier that the "Cursive Clerical Script" was developed from the Old Clerical Script.
With the development of Text Script and Running Script, people also began to write in abbreviated and free form, and that was the beginning of the "Recent Cursive" Script (or "Jin Cao"). The word "Recent" (or "Jin") was used to differentiate from the previous "Cursive" Script ("Zhang Cao"). "Recent Cursive" became "delirious" in the hands of Zhang Xu and Huai Su of the Tang Dynasty. Characters were abbreviated to such an extent that they looked completely different from the original forms. Yet, nobody would disagree that the flowing strokes were effective in expressing the feelings and even the lives of the calligraphers. "Jin Cao" was also developed at the same time as the Text and Running Scripts. These three scripts have managed to enjoy on par popularity for 2,000 years until now. Practising artists of these scripts are plentiful. Let us look at some of masterpieces of the past and contemporary artists. |
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