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 ...

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 ...

Calligraphy is one of the most revered artforms in Islamic culture and Habibulloh Solih is one of its leading practitioners. With the title of “master calligrapher,” the Uzbek artist’s work is ...

Amid the stress of juggling school, extracurriculars and relationships, a perhaps surprising — but scientifically endorsed — outlet is calligraphy, an art that can stimulate the brain and improve ...

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 ...

Introduction -- The edged pen -- The Roman alphabet -- Greek and Cyrillic -- Hebrew -- Arabic -- Indic scripts -- Tibetan -- The East Asian brush -- Chinese -- Japanese -- Korean -- Armenian and other ...

Song Ha-jin, Cheoseok (Chewseok), 73 years old, a former Jeollabuk-do Governor who transformed into a calligrapher, is conducting various experiments through formative calligraphy that captures the ...

Years of practice shape art rooted in focus and cultural identity.

FARGO — Visual artist, calligrapher and teacher Anne Kaese believes there’s an artist in everyone, no matter their skill, talent or experience. “Being an artist is what we all are. Some of us use ...