THE UPRIGHT BRUSH: YAN ZHENQING`S CALLIGRAPHY AND SONG LITERATI POLITICS JAPANESE GARDEN Popper offers planting and design

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The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects

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THE UPRIGHT BRUSH: YAN ZHENQING`S CALLIGRAPHY AND SONG LITERATI POLITICS JAPANESE GARDEN Popper offers planting and designIn the history of Chinese calligraphy, few are more famous than the eighth century statesman Yan Zhenqing (709 785). His style is still taught today as a standard, and Chinese bookstores the world over stock inexpensive reproductions of his works for sale as copybooks. Yet Yan's style cannot be called conventionally attractive. "Correct," "severe," "serious," "forceful" are terms habitually applied to describe his writing rarely has his calligraphy