The Seals that were Used in Calligraphy and Painting in China (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

Seals Used in Chinese Calligraphy And Painting
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Seals used in Chinese calligraphy and painting
There are three types of the Chinese seals and these seals are imperial, official and private. The imperial seals were mainly owned by the emperors who ruled china. They used these seals to establish their power and the sovereignty (Shin et al.,2016, p.867). To the people of china, the imperial seals signified the mandate to heaven. The imperial seals usually carried two names that is the xi or bao. These two seals signified that they would change depending on who was in power at that particular time. The imperials seals were also used to affix the work of the art that the people of china practiced. Then art that they practiced were calligraphy and the paintings. The official seals were used by the officers to rank their duties. These official seals helped to mark their different