Calligraphy is more than just writing letters. It is an art and a discipline, Northwestern visiting Prof. Shozo Sato said. Sato, who teaches calligraphy classes at NU, spoke to about 75 students, ...

UNESCO has recently inscribed the traditional calligraphy in Islamic art known as Husn-i Hat in Turkey on its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Meanwhile, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calligraphy is one of the most revered artforms in Islamic culture and Habibulloh Solih is one of its leading practitioners.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...