For millennia, adepts of calligraphy in China and connoisseurs worldwide have regarded it as the summit of the arts of Asia. "Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy" at the Asian Art Museum ...
“Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow” (飞花散雪), a title captured from an ancient seven-character Tang dynasty poem, was performed in the courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums by the Chinese calligraphy ...
The University of Dhaka turned into a vibrant showcase of Chinese culture on Thursday as the Lanting Chinese Calligraphy ...
When Canadian media artist Nicholas Hanna first moved to the Chinese city of Beijing, he was quite taken with the water calligraphy that he saw people creating in the parks. The art form consists of ...
The University of Michigan Museum of Art has received a gift of Chinese calligraphy valued at more than $12 million. The museum said the donation, the largest gift of art in its history, will ...
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ANN ARBOR, MI - A collection of Chinese calligraphy donated to the University of Michigan this week is not only known for its historical significance. It represents the largest-ever valued art gift in ...
Calligraphy, or shufa, is one of the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati, the other three being painting (hua), playing a stringed musical instrument (qin) and board games (qi).
Jerry Yang was at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum the other day, giving Mayor Ed Lee a tour of "Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy," a smashing show drawn from the Yahoo co-creator's ...
Malaysian contemporary artist Long Thein Shih has turned to traditional Chinese brush painting to capture the spirit of the fiery horse, this year’s zodiac animal. KUALA LUMPUR: What began as ...