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Calligraphy is the aesthetic art of writing and is as old as some ancient civilizations. It started as a communication method but soon became an art. From the sophisticated inscriptions of Arabic to ...

The University of Tsukuba is the only establishment in Japan which has a course in which calligraphy is taught as a form of art. The study of the origins of Chinese characters and the art of writing ...

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, 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 ...

Almost a century ago, English orientalist Thomas Arnold travelled to Egypt and was captivated by the beauty of Arabic calligraphy. As he observed the intricate script adorning everything from grand ...

Calligraphy is derived from the Greek words “Kallos” meaning “beauty” and “Graphein” meaning “to write”. Thousands of years ago, there were no fancy pens or pencils in ancient civilisations like Egypt ...

Malaysia’s government has done a U-turn on its decision to make khat – a form of calligraphy for writing the Malay language using Arabic script – mandatory under the nation’s primary school syllabus ...