As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found it a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Large public exhibits of ancient Chinese calligraphy are rare in the United States, as are major shows that can be appreciated by kids as well as adults, novices as well as experts.

A student takes a test at Yu Youren School of Calligraphy at Xianyang Normal University in Xianyang City, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, June 23, 2017. The school requires its students to ...

A three-year-old boy in southern China has stunned internet users by calmly displaying his remarkable calligraphy skills. Videos of the toddler, nicknamed Langlang from Guangdong province, holding an ...

Although abstract art is a Western form that was first introduced into China during the period of the Republic of China (1912-49), and later saw a resurgence in the 1980s, affinities with the form can ...

Have you ever paused for a long moment in front of flowing calligraphy strokes, sensing something quietly beautiful within them – both delicate and peaceful? Or perhaps you are simply looking for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – Large public exhibits of ancient Chinese calligraphy are rare in the United States, as are major shows that can be appreciated by kids as well as adults, novices as well as experts. "Out of ...