For many, Chinese calligraphy is the world's most favorable form of art. I can remember the time when I was a preschooler, my grandfather, Chen Teh Tseng, had taken me to one of his home ...

Actually, when Chinese calligraphers practice calligraphy, they do not consider the linguistic meaning. And, in fact, many Chinese cannot read cursive script themselves.

Two years ago, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina initiated a trial calligraphy immersion course in a K-8 language school to accelerate their learning of the Chinese ...

The Chinese calligraphy exhibit emphasizes two of the five major styles of Chinese script, historically known as “kaishu,” or regular script, and “caoshu,” or cursive script, Zhou said. The last of ...

An exhibition showcasing Islamic calligraphy by Chinese artists will open at Gallery6 on today (Friday). Titled “Revered calligraphy by Chinese,” the exhibition displays rare artworks from the ...

TEHRAN – A joint virtual exhibition of calligraphy by Iranian calligrapher Bahman Panahi and the Chinese calligrapher of Islamic scripts, Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang, has opened at the Iranian ...

As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found ...

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 ...

Yu, a founder and student instructor, emphasized that calligraphy involves more than just writing Chinese characters artistically. Its different forms, she said, allow calligraphers to express their ...

But be sure to check out this site for a listing of regularly-scheduled happenings around the Institution. Saturday, October 3: The Lives of Chinese Scripts and Calligraphy - Gallery Talk and Workshop ...