The Characteristic Study Of Deng Shiru's Seal Character Art

Deng Shiru is the seal-cutting expert and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty and also the pioneer of seal character in Deng style.Deng Shiru lived a poor life in his childhood.Influenced by his father and grandfather,he was very fond of calligraphy.Then he was aquatinted with men of letters with particular influence by Liang Yan,Mei Liu,Cao Wenzhi and Bao Shicheng,etc,which laid the foundation for the unique style of his calligraphy.Having persisted in calligraphy for his whole life,his seal script takes from “Li Si & Li Yangbing” that he changed the original writing way and created the brand new seal character in Deng style which has profound influence on the calligraphy in Qing Dynasty and modern times.Once emerging,the seal character in Deng style is also praised by leading calligraphy masters.Based on wide collection of Deng Shiru's literature materials and calligraphy works and relevant data,it is investigated his a biographical note and experience to further research the connection of Deng Shiru's seal character art to the life experience and the background reason and calligraphic thoughts of the seal character art.The detailed study of Deng Shiru's calligraphic works has been studied and the comparison of Deng Shiru's seal character and that of Li Yangbing to explain the art characteristic,status and the profound influence on the future generations of Deng Shiru's calligraphic works and also provide good reference for the future scholars.The paper is roughly divided into five parts and each chapter is described as below:Chapter ?: Introduction.The purpose and significance of this subject,study summary for Deng Shiru's seal character,the study method,innovation and main content in this paper are including in this paper to analyze and summarize the relevant materials of Deng Shiru's calligraphy to provide the basis for the study in this paper.Chapter ?: Deng Shiru's biographical note and study experience.From the summarized study in Chapter I,the author understands the close relationship between Deng Shiru's calligraphic achievement,his life experience and his making friends with famous experts.It is also revealed the connection between artist's life experience and the art.Chapter ?: study of reasons for Deng Shiru's seal character art.It is analyzed from the external and internal reasons that the external reason is the social environment then and the internal reason is including the family edification and Deng Shiru's calligraphic thoughts.Chapter ?: status and influence of Deng Shiru's seal character.Chapter ?: Analysis of Deng Shiru's seal character artistic elements.Deng Shiru's famous works was appreciated to understand the artistic style of seal character and Deng Shiru's innovation was investigated by exploring the heritance and revolution of Li Si & Li Yangbing.