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: 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 ...

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 ...

A Norwin instructional aide who has mastered the art of calligraphy — an elegant handwriting style practiced centuries ago in China, Greece, Rome and Egypt — is sharing her expertise with today’s ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

Timothy O’Neill is an expert calligrapher whose work can be found in collections worldwide. Some of his projects include commissions presented to world leaders - Presidents Clinton and Obama, Pope ...

The practice of calligraphy dates back over 3,000 years. However, the English term was actually coined around the mid-15th century with the invention of the printing press in Europe. Since that time, ...

Calligraphy is one of the most stark and straightforward forms of artistic tenor, hence an anonymous person describes it as: “More powerful than all poetry, more pervasive than all science, more ...