BEIJING - Today's Chinese artists have the opportunity to preserve their works much longer than the masters who painted hundreds of years ago. Chinese researchers have developed a non-flammable ...

Using quick and intricate swishes of ink on paper to create one-of-a-kind lettering, Cheryl Jacobsen has captivated Iowa City with the art of freelance calligraphy. She is a freelance artist and a ...

In celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Dastkari Haat Samiti have collaborated to present a unique exhibition combining hand-made ...

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 ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The art of calligraphy is not exclusive to China and Japan. Korea also has similar tradition, using Hangul or Korean letters and Hanzi or Chinese script. "That's why it is no ...

Art in Japan often comes from a philosophical standpoint, where the process is equally important as the result. This is particularly true when it comes to the Japanese calligraphy art of shodo. On the ...

In one of the dazzling rooms of the French Foreign Office, a score of distinguished statesmen sat around a highly polished table. In the background were the underlings, porfolios under arms, pince-nez ...