THE POETRY OF SCULPTURE

THE POETRY OF SCULPTURE

CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER	i
Advancing towards a Boundless Universe	1
Advancing towards a Boundless Universe
Father and His Poems Weishan Wu	7
Spiritual Sketches Weishan Wu	15
Picking Up Treasures from Old Bookstalls Weishan Wu	25
The Country of Tulips Weishan Wu	27
Pursuing Dreams in Paris Weishan Wu	45
Crossing the Pacific Weishan Wu	53
Full Moon in Britain Weishan Wu	71
The Season of Cherry Blossoms Weishan Wu	95
Boisterous Hong Kong Weishan Wu	107
Sculpting the Times	121
Sculpting the Times
Extraordinary Character Sculpting a Portrait of Yang Zhenning Weishan Wu	127
Talking about Form and Spirit with Pride and Exultance On the Spirit of Art by Fei Xiaotong Weishan Wu	137
A Name Remembered throughout Generations Impressions of 100-year-old Gu Yuxiu Weishan Wu	143
A Devoted Ox of Chinese Culture In memory of Xiong Bingming Weishan Wu	151
An Oriental Old Sage Weishan Wu	171
Making a Sculpture of Lin Sanzhi Six Times Weishan Wu	175
The Humour of a Master Mathematician Weishan Wu	183
Sculpting Confucius Using Ancient Methods Weishan Wu	187
An Instant of a Peasant-Scientist Weishan Wu	189
The Form of Old Man Shanyuan Weishan Wu	192
Sculpting the Confident and Deep Xiao Xian Weishan Wu	195
The Soul of Similarity and Dissimilarity Weishan Wu	197
A Minute Detail Weishan Wu	199
Sculpting Wu Zuoren Weishan Wu	201
Sculptures of Cultural Notables Weishan Wu	203
On Creating Freehand Sculpture
On Creating Freehand Sculpture	216
The Theory of Freehand Sculpting (Excerpt) Weishan Wu	225
My Views on the Characteristics and Styles of Chinese Sculptural Art Expounding the Eight Major Types of Ancient Chinese Sculpture Weishan Wu	230
Sculpting the Spirit of the Times Weishan Wu	245
The Soul of Western Han Dynasty Imageries in Wooden Sculptures Weishan Wu	253
Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 1: Rumination on Comparison Weishan Wu	260
Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 2: Vividness in Ambiguity Weishan Wu	263
Free Discussion on Sculpture Part 3: Viewing Sculpture beyond Ambiguity Weishan Wu	267
From Clay to Bronze Weishan Wu	269
The Primitive Spirit in Modern Sculpture Weishan Wu	273
The Poetry of Sculpture Speech at the UNESCO Centre of Macau and University of Macau Weishan Wu	283
Tradition and Innovation Speech at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Weishan Wu	305
Pictures of Freehand Sculptures Weishan Wu	325

BACK MATTER	331
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