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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Organised by Dubai Culture in partnership with Hroof Arabiya magazine ..History of Arabic Calligraphy in the United Arab Emirates: Exceptional & inspiring Emirati creativity and experiences Dubai ...