舒尔茨、罗宾逊、朱天曙主编的《中国书法(英文版)》从“书法史”的角度入手,分别从文字与书法、秦汉之间的书法、书法艺术自觉性、盛唐书法气象、帖学、碑学以及石上的书法——篆刻几个层面展开,在每一个层面选取最为重要和最具代表性的内容加以阐述,详略有当。并且,在对各层面内容进行具体阐述时,照顾到了“书法”这门艺术的特点,即在不断继承前人的基础上有所突破和发展。
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅰ Ontological Characteristics of Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅱ Spiritual Traces in Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅲ The Spiritual Verve of Chinese Calligraphy
Chapter Ⅱ The Origin of Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅰ Chinese Characters and Calligraphy
Section Ⅱ Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Chinese Bronze Inscriptions
Chapter Ⅲ The Evolution of Writing Styles of Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅰ From Small Seal Script to Clerical Script
Section Ⅱ From Seal Script to Regular Script
Chapter Ⅳ Development of Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅰ An Abundance of Inscriptions
Section Ⅱ Emergence and Development of Tie
Chapter Ⅴ Aesthetic Characteristics of Chinese Calligraphic Art
Section Ⅰ Introductiion
Section Ⅱ Aesthetics and the Teaching of Calligraphy
Section Ⅲ Emotional Characteristics of Calligraphic Aesthetics
Section Ⅳ Naturalness of Calligraphic Appreciation
Chapter Ⅵ Chinese Calligraphy and Traditional Culture
Section Ⅰ Introduction
Section Ⅱ Calligraphy and Music
Chapter Ⅶ Masters of Chinese Calligraphy
Section Ⅰ Introduction
Section Ⅱ Calligraphic Art of Zhong You
Section Ⅲ Calligraphic Art of Wang Xizhi
Section Ⅳ Calligraphic Art of Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty
Author's Note
A Brief Chronology of Chinese History