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 ...

The Arabic script contains a full range of letters of manipulable size and shape, making it fertile ground for calligraphic ornamentation. Islamic artistic traditions depend heavily on the use of ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

“I may not have wanted to forget my identity as a Japanese,” Takao said, explaining her decision to select the traditional attire to recite the Shahada oath to formally convert to Isla ...

Wang then came to the U.S. as a visiting professor at Minnesota University from 1989 to 1991, where he was able to teach Chinese calligraphy while also experimenting with Western art forms.

The Woolf Institute Joumana Medlej's Arabic Kufi calligraphy of the Christian text from 1 Corinthians which begins "Love is patient, love is kind", drawing on a Middle Eastern Christian tradition ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...

Plays are written to be performed. A script is a written version of the play. Watch this clip to understand the basic structure of a play script. Narrator: Some stories are written for people to ...