The history of calligraphy—the art of handwriting as a medium of expression beyond the meaning of words themselves—could be generically traced to the earliest found symbols. There was a time when ...

A new book dealing with China's long history of calligraphy has just hit the market. History of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Fine Arts, published by China Social Sciences Press, was released at a ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

Meandering through the eerily quiet and narrow sand paths of Wadi al-Salam, lined on either side with graves speckled to the horizon and beyond, you’ll see colourful Arabic calligraphy adorning the ...

Italian Sinologist Pietro De Laurentis (right) presents a copy of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy work in the 4th century to Tomaso Montanari (left) and Anna Di Toro with the University for Foreigners of ...

Introduction: Axes -- Part I. A History of Mirror Writing: 1. Perspectives : Previous Scholarship on Mirror Writing -- 2. Foundations : The Practice of Mirror Writing -- 3. Orientations : Reversed and ...

On 1 October, the School for Arabic Calligraphy (madrassat tahssine al-khat al-Arabi) will be conducting an admissions test in its premises in the Bab Al-Sheariya district of Cairo for all individuals ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Council of Arts hosted an interactive session on Thursday with a Chinese calligraphy artist and a photographer, in which the history of Chinese calligraphy and its ...

Bee Bee Laisa, a final year Engineering student in Bengaluru, has a dream. The 24-year-old wants to transcribe a copy of the Koran in Arabic. “I have always been interested in art and drawing, but it ...