E.E. Cummings＇ poems are popular for the whimsical form. This paper, taking his dual identity-both a poet and a painter-as a starting point, is making an analysis of his poem-picture and the relationship between his ...E.E. Cummings＇ poems are popular for the whimsical form. This paper, taking his dual identity-both a poet and a painter-as a starting point, is making an analysis of his poem-picture and the relationship between his poems and the concrete poem, and illustrating the main features of the whimsical form. It is the vivid images and the mood of picture that contribute to his poems the whimsical form.展开更多
As a traditional writing instrument for calligraphy and painting, the Chinese brush has enjoyed a high reputation over the last 5,000 years due to its ability to controllably handle liquid ink, and has been widely use...As a traditional writing instrument for calligraphy and painting, the Chinese brush has enjoyed a high reputation over the last 5,000 years due to its ability to controllably handle liquid ink, and has been widely used to deposit ink into certain characters or figures as a means of cultural communication. In this mini-review, we first show how the key to the controllable liquid transfer in a Chinese brush lies in the anisotropic multi-scale structural features of the freshly emergent hairs. Then, drawing inspiration from this, applications in controllable liquid pumping, highly efficient liquid transfer and template-free printing microlines are addressed. We envision that the fundamentals of Chinese brushes and their applications in liquid manipulation mentioned in this review may also be extended to other liquid phase functional material systems.展开更多
文摘E.E. Cummings＇ poems are popular for the whimsical form. This paper, taking his dual identity-both a poet and a painter-as a starting point, is making an analysis of his poem-picture and the relationship between his poems and the concrete poem, and illustrating the main features of the whimsical form. It is the vivid images and the mood of picture that contribute to his poems the whimsical form.
文摘As a traditional writing instrument for calligraphy and painting, the Chinese brush has enjoyed a high reputation over the last 5,000 years due to its ability to controllably handle liquid ink, and has been widely used to deposit ink into certain characters or figures as a means of cultural communication. In this mini-review, we first show how the key to the controllable liquid transfer in a Chinese brush lies in the anisotropic multi-scale structural features of the freshly emergent hairs. Then, drawing inspiration from this, applications in controllable liquid pumping, highly efficient liquid transfer and template-free printing microlines are addressed. We envision that the fundamentals of Chinese brushes and their applications in liquid manipulation mentioned in this review may also be extended to other liquid phase functional material systems.
