Typical
Gallery Price: $120.00
Your Price: $69.88
This is not a Print!
This Chinese calligraphy calligraphy artwork is 100% hand-painted by the disabled
artist.
Approximate
Measurements:
Length of Silk Scroll: 70" (177cm)
Width of Wooden Scroll Roller: 18.6" (47cm)
Consists
of six characters were pronounced ‘zhi shi jiu shi li liang’. Its literal meaning
is ‘knowledge is power’. As we know that this phrase originates from Francis
Bacon, an outstanding English philosopher, statesman, essay writer and scientist.
About
Francis Bacon
Western philosophy
Renaissance philosophy
Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
Full name: Francis Bacon
Born: 22 January 1561 London, England
Died: 9 April 1626 (aged 65) Highgate, England
School/tradition: Empiricism, materialism..
Vertically, on the side next to the main characters.
Note:
Firstly, this looks best with selections that have multiple characters. Secondly,
these are Chinese calendar and writer, it could add an inscription such as a special
wish or salutation.
Chinese Calligraphy Style
English: Running Script
Mandarin: Xingshu
More about Chinese characters, Japanese kanji
and Chinese calligraphy styles...
Below are several versions
of Chinese
‘knowledge
is power’
characters
...
| Traditional
Chinese Characters |
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| Simplified Chinese Characters |
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This artwork is created by the disabled calligrapher Mr.Wang, who
is one of the most prominent calligraphers with disabilities in China. Large amount
of works have been collected.
Learn more...
Disabled artist, Mr. Wang, has sat in a wheelchair more than
30 years after a catastrophic accident during fieldwork left him paralyzed from
the waist down. Master Wang was gracefully moving and pausing his brush that can
be mesmerizing, and there is one of his artworks on display here.
