Beginnings: “I learned how to do calligraphy for my own wedding invitations,” says Michelle Clemen, who was married in January 2018. After seeing the self-made invitations, friends asked her to write ...

Calligraphy is a centuries-old tradition of an artistic writing of different languages by using its alphabets in many different manners. Calligraphy is recognized by various scripts that have invented ...

Paintings by an artist or artists of the Tosa School, "Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji" (Japan, Momoyama [1573–1615] or Edo period [1615–1868], early 17th century), pair of six ...

Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...

Chinese characters evolved from pictures and signs, and the Chinese art of calligraphy developed naturally from its unique writing system. Every dynasty had its great calligraphers, whose calligraphic ...

A performance is staged to celebrate the opening of the "The Historical Expression of Chinese Art: Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of China" exhibition at the National Museum of ...

This exhibition of contemporary Arabic calligraphy paintings aims to blend Arabic language with the beauty of colour. A script is beautiful in its own right but, when given a contemporary touch by ...

One year ago, as the art market shivered in the global economic downturn, few would have predicted a warm outcome to the big autumn auctions of 2009, barometers of market confidence. Contrary to most ...

A guest takes photos of exhibits as she attends the press conference of an exhibition on the calligraphy and painting of Su Shi at the Palace Museum in Beijng, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2020. An ...

Preity Zinta gave fans a peek into her chic London getaway, capturing her short Wimbledon weekend in the most fashionable way. In a breezy polka-dotted summer dress, the actress twirled through ...