Eulogy for burying a crane and the art of Chinese calligraphy
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Eulogy for burying a crane and the art of Chinese calligraphy
（A McLellan book）（Art history publication initiative）
University of Washington, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-208) and index
Chronology of Chinese dynasties: p. ix-x
Summary: Eulogy for Burying a Crane (Yihe ming) is perhaps the most eccentric piece in China's calligraphic canon. Apparently marking the burial of a crane, the large inscription, datable to 514 CE, was once carved into a cliff on Jiaoshan Island in the Yangzi River. Since the discovery of its ruins in the early eleventh century, it has fascinated generations of scholars and calligraphers and has been enshrined as a masterpiece. Nonetheless, skeptics have questioned the quality of the calligraphy and complained that its fragmentary state and worn characters make assessment of its artistic value impossible. Moreover, historians have trouble fitting it into the storyline ofChinese calligraphy. Such controversies illuminate moments of discontinuity in the history of the art form that complicate the mechanism of canon formation. ...
