The word "calligraphy" comes from the Greek word "kalli-graphos," which means "beautiful writing." Karen C. Haslag has been a practicing calligraphy since high school, when she was given a 1960s ...
What comes to mind when you hear the word calligraphy? Probably, the fluid artistic representation of the Arabic alphabets, the oriental delight that is the Chinese script, or English letters in ...
Calligraphy, once considered the highest form of writing, faces new questions in an age of screens and sensors. Is this ancient art still tethered to brush and ink? The resounding response: not at all ...
This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition, Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...
Over the past decade, 71-year-old Koay Choon Aun has perfected the art of paper cutting and calligraphy – art forms that are essential decorative elements during the Chinese New Year. What began as a ...
Xu Bing, "Square Word Calligraphy - The Song of Wandering Aengus Poem by William Butler Yeats" (1999), ink on paper. Installation view of Summoning Memories: Art ...
Some non-Muslim communities criticise addition of Khatt calligraphy in Malay language course. Protestant leader wonders why Christians cannot study Arabic Christian calligraphy. For the sixth time, ...
A week-long long exhibition on traditional calligraphy by noted artist Azeem Iqbal will be held here at Lok Virsa from June 8 to 14 at the Heritage Museum, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, in connection ...