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The Four Treasures is expressed in a four-word couplet: "The four treasures of the study: Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone." (Chinese: 文房四寶：筆、墨、紙、硯; pinyin: Wén fáng sì bǎo: bǐ, mò, zhǐ, yàn) [4] [5] In the couplet mentioned, each of the Treasures is referred to by a single epithet; however, each of these are usually known by a compound name (i.e.
Since a person's racial heritage was not always clear, a variety of tests were devised to help authorities classify people. One such test was the pencil test. [1] The pencil test involved sliding a pencil or pen in the hair of a person whose racial group was uncertain. [2] If the pencil fell to the floor, the person "passed" and was considered ...
Ballpoint pen enthusiasts find the pens particularly handy for quick sketch work. Some artists use them within mixed-media works, while others use them solely as their medium-of-choice. [3] The medium is not without limitations; color availability and sensitivity of ink to light are among concerns of ballpoint pen artists. [4]
As of 2018, the US$75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award is the top award given by PEN America, [29] and among the largest literary prizes in the United States. [30] Among other awards conferred are the $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for a Debut Novel, the $25,000 PEN/Bingham Award for a Debut Short Story Collection, and the $10,000 PEN Open Book Award ...
Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. [1] For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.
Example of classic American business cursive handwriting known as Spencerian script from 1884 A thin object (pen), held with three fingers, allows one to draw thin lines. Penmanship is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument .
The Dapenkeng culture (Chinese: 大坌坑文化; pinyin: Dàbènkēng wénhuà) was an early Neolithic culture that appeared in northern Taiwan between 4000 and 3000 BC and quickly spread around the coast of the island, as well as the Penghu islands to the west.
A dip pen has a steel nib (the pen proper) and a pen-holder. Dip pens are very versatile, as the pen-holder can accommodate a wide variety of nibs that are specialized for different purposes: copperplate writing, mapping pens, and five-pointed nibs for drawing music staves. They can be used with most types of ink, some of which are incompatible ...