However, this principle is very easy to be broken since every collector wants to leave a stamp on the art work. The principle is not to destroy the original painting balance. However, you need to be careful with where you stamp the seal. When collector gets a valuable piece of art work, for example, painting, calligraphy, or book, he would use his collector seal to stamp on the art work. This is special type of seal are used by collectors. Influential Chinese artist Pan TianShou 潘天寿 once commented that using decoration seals properly is important to keep the balance of colours, structure of the whole painting. In fact, these Decoration Seals are very useful for a painting/ calligraphy and have the same function as strokes. For example, in the painting below you would see the use of these stamps in practice. However, sometimes, it is also stamped on the lower right hand when the name seals are stamped on the right hand of the painting. It is common to put the corner stamp on the lower left hand to match the introduction stamp which is placed on the up right hand of the painting. Similar to the Edge Seal, the Corner Seal is used to keep the balance of the whole art work. Corner Seal 压角章 : this seal is stamped on the diagonal corner of the art work.Edge Seal 拦边章 : this seal is used on the edge of the art work in order to ‘gather’ the ‘art atmosphere’ of the work.Then each artwork can be stamped with Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter according to the season it was made. Season Seal 月号章 : an artist may have a set of four seals carved with the four seasons. Historically the year used to be recorded by name of emperor and year of reign, now as years since the first Yellow Emperor, by this count 2017 is chinese year 4715 (starting on Chinese New Year). Since there are two systems in China to record years, the Year Seal can use either system. Year Seal 年号章 : a seal carved with the year is used to record which year the art work is made. This can be one philosophical expression or any special words which are used to describe your value of life, your mood, your hobby, etc. For example, studio for inkston is called 墨漪, and our studio seal is using natural irregular shape of the stone.Įlegant Interest Seal 雅趣章 : this seal is for a personal message. A seal for your studio’s name is used for your painting to tell people your studio name. Studio Seal 斋号章 : since Tang dynasty, it has been popular to make special name for your study/ studio. Or sometimes, when the end of the art work seems a bit too heavy, using an introduction seal can help balance the whole art work.
For example, if the art work is too strict/ dry, using an introduction seal can help make the whole art work more vivid by breaking the strict pattern of the art work.
One important function of introduction seal is to keep the art work vivid. It is perfect to have a natural irregular shape. Normally the shape is not recommended to be strict square shape.
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This article will talk about the different types of seals, and how to use seals properly. Companies also have special seals, also known as chops, for use on formal documents. For example, different types of seals should be different shapes also, different seals should be used in different places on the artwork. Seals have long history in Chinese painting and calligraphy.
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