w88 casino News（Reporter Zhou Xinzhuo Photography Dong Xinyi)11month6日夜18：30, Lecture 21 of the series of humanities and culture lectures in w88 casino’s General Education Lecture Hall, “Authenticity and Counterfeiting of Calligraphy and Painting” in the library109The lecture hall was officially held. Dr. Zhu Wanzhang, Research Librarian of the National Museum of China, served as the speaker of this lecture. This lecture was jointly organized by w88 casino library, Academic Affairs Office and the Seventh Branch of Chaoyang District of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
At the beginning of the lecture, Dr. Zhu Wanzhang first emphasized the particularity of calligraphy and painting appraisal. Different from the appraisal of other antique cultural relics, the appraisal of calligraphy and painting is a manual operation that cannot rely on instruments. Many details between authenticity and falsehood need to be scrutinized with professional knowledge and rely on people's experience and wisdom. In this lecture, Zhu Wanzhang shared the knowledge of calligraphy and painting appraisal to the audience from the perspective of form categories, styles and chronology.
The form of calligraphy and painting can often become an important basis for judging the times. As far as couplets are concerned, the first couplets came from the Five Dynasties, and the five-character couplets in running script began to appear in the late Ming Dynasty. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that couplets in gold, official script, and other scripts appeared. Speaking of this, Zhu Wanzhang showed a fake photo to illustrate. In addition to the couplets, Zhu Wanzhang briefly introduced the contemporary knowledge of screens and fans. The silk-painted strip screen was created in the late Ming Dynasty, and the strip screen painted by multiple people first appeared in the late Qing Dynasty; fan calligraphy and painting originated in the mid-Ming Dynasty, but it ushered in a creative boom during the Qianlong period... The shape of calligraphy and painting is the symbol of its era.
In addition to analyzing the form, the study of style and chronology is also an important method for the appraisal of calligraphy and painting. Zhu Wanzhang pointed out that the details of the signature can reflect a lot of information of the times. Most of the painters in the Song Dynasty had low status, so there was little handwriting in the paintings, and there were even no inscriptions. Since the Ming Dynasty, the status of painters has risen, and the signatures of calligraphy and paintings are in a prominent position, and they can even be accompanied by the author's title. After the Qing Dynasty, there was a phenomenon of multiple titles appearing side by side in the signatures.
The style of the architecture in the painting can also become a criterion for the elegance of the times. Taking famous paintings such as "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" as examples, Zhu Wanzhang talked about some architectural knowledge in calligraphy and painting: the city gates in the Song Dynasty were square, while the city gates in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were arched; in the Song Dynasty, the owl's tail was facing inward, while in the Qing Dynasty's architecture, the owl was in the shape of an owl. The tail is facing outward; the stone foundation in the Song Dynasty was in the shape of an inverted basin, while the stone foundation in the Qing Dynasty was in the shape of a drum... If a Song Dynasty painting has an arched city gate or an owl tail facing outward, it is most likely to be a fake.
After the main lecture is completed, this lecture enters the question and answer session. Regarding the question asked by Huang Jin, a student from the w88 casino of Finance, "How to choose someone to copy from when learning calligraphy?" Dr. Zhu Wanzhang pointed out that we should try our best to learn from famous artists while also taking into account our own interests. Learn from the best and learn from them. Choose the ones you like best and copy and learn at a glance. You will benefit a lot in the end.
Removing the false and preserving the true is an eternal theme in the field of art and culture. In this lecture, Dr. Zhu Wanzhang carefully prepared and brought rich knowledge of calligraphy and painting appraisal to the audience. Accompanied by long-lasting applause, this series of lectures on humanities and culture in the General Lecture Hall Library of the w88 casino-"Authenticity and counterfeiting of calligraphy and painting" has officially ended.
