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calligraphy

/kuh-lig-ruh-fee/US // kəˈlɪg rə fi //UK // (kəˈlɪɡrəfɪ) //

书法,书画,书法作品,书写

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
    • : handwriting; penmanship.
    • : the art of writing beautifully: He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
    • : a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, especially Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.
    • : Fine Arts. line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, especially that produced with a brush or pen.

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Examples

  • It portrays a gnarled tree overlaid with multicolored squiggles that might recall balloons, or some sort of calligraphy.

  • It’s universally available, it’s affordable, and it can be as simple as a note scrawled on a postcard or as complex as a work of calligraphy.

  • The paper is suitable for calligraphy pens, brush and ball pens, acrylic colors, watercolor, and more.

  • So he dropped out, exploring only the few classes that interested him; he took calligraphy.

  • Sora has been publicly practicing her Chinese calligraphy and studying Mandarin.

  • Hilda took the letter with apprehension, as she recognized the down-slanting calligraphy of Sarah Gailey.

  • The two notes looked harmless enough, and the calligraphy of one was vaguely familiar.

  • It was a good hand now, though the scamp would never be a professor of calligraphy.

  • Hence the introduction of calligraphy must be placed in 405.

  • In his later years Backhuysen employed his time in etching and calligraphy.