What exactly does epigraphy mean?

The word you said is just a general term ~ ~ ~ which contains a lot of contents ~ seal cutting ~ calligraphy ~ painting ~

Not the calligraphy and painting extended from the inscription ~

Jin ~ Jin inscriptions refer to the inscriptions on bronzes in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, also known as. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the bronze age, with the tripod as the representative ritual vessel and the bell as the representative musical instrument. "Zhong Ding" was synonymous with bronze ware. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. China entered the Bronze Age in Xia Dynasty, and the technology of copper smelting and bronze ware manufacturing was very developed. Because copper was also called gold a week ago, the inscriptions on bronzes were called "bronze inscriptions" or "auspicious words"; This bronze ware was called "Zhong Dingwen" in the past because it had the largest number of characters on Zhong Ding.

Stone ~ is a flat plate! In order to record the important events and grand celebrations of the former dynasty, our predecessors carved literary forms and calligraphers' handwriting on cliffs and stone tablets by famous craftsmen, so the stone tablets had multiple artistic contents and were inlaid into axes or books, which became stone tablets. Monument is a combination of monument and monument. In fact, "monument" refers to the rubbings of stone carvings, and "monument" refers to the ancient famous ink collected on wooden boards and stones. In the early days of printing development, inscriptions were all important means to spread culture. In the future, people will learn these written materials in order to learn calligraphy or make historical materials.

Calligraphy and painting need no explanation ~ ~ ~?