Cursive Linear Study

Calligraphy, called "art of line", reveals its nature as art form. Andundoubtedly, cursive hand is the typical art of line. The law of cursive makes themovement of line and variety valid, and offers its legal position. Form quality is thepremise and basis to embody cursive form, convey its meaning and life. Thecombination of movement of line is the concrete and genuine displaying ways incursive world. The line itself and its combination of movement displays thethree-dimensional space in the paper, which mixes with sequence of movement of line,exhibiting the art world of space and time. Short-line transection and long-line shiftsare two types of cursive. The cursive, whose typical line form is curve movement, ischaracterized by long-line shift. The undulant line and bine line are two basic formsof cursive curve movement, which is very important to express the rhyme and feelingof the work.