NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...

Chinese calligraphy has been a popular art form for centuries, particularly during the Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year. It is said that writing calligraphy at the beginning of the year brings good ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

Beautiful fonts are indispensable when designing something such as websites and posters, but handwritten characters have a unique goodness not found in digital, and in recent years it has attracted ...

ISLAMABAD: Arabic Calligraphy, an art form which emerged in the Arabian Peninsula out of nascent Islam’s need to avoid figures and pictorial references, is believed to have made its way to the ...

Apple has its manufacturing partners create classrooms where factory workers can take free classes in skills like personal finance and English. These classes also teach fun skills, such as calligraphy ...

Two calligraphers in China, just three and eight years old, have astounded people with their mastery of the ancient and highly skilled art form. A series of videos featuring three-year-old Gao Yubo ...