ink, and paper are known in China as the Four Treasures of the Study (wenfang sibao), indicating the high esteem in which the materials of calligraphy are held. These Four Treasures are the same ...

What can you have when you try to speak to the long history of the Chinese people?" said Mathew Trinca, director of NMA. "(Calligraphy and ink painting) are not only able to tell us about the nature ...

Those working in ink are a case in point. While traditional Chinese painting — like calli ... Wang Tiande and Qui Zhijie have also turned to calligraphy. Qui’s performance-cum-installation ...

A small blue ghost clambers over the exposed shoulders of the legendary folk deity Zhong Kui in the opening artwork of “Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink ... calligraphy from the canonical Chinese ...

dip their brushes into shallow dishes full of ink and draw Chinese characters. Lucy Jiayun Zhang, a fourth-year theater student and co-founder, said club members typically practice calligraphy by ...

When practicing Chinese calligraphy traditionally, people have to take time to prepare the ink, brush and paper. Chang believes that with this convenient digital toolkit, people who used to have ...

You’ll be surprised what you learn. By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told me to write my name. After I scrawled it out, he said, plainly ...

For many, Chinese calligraphy is the world's most favorable ... one thing I certainly have not lost is that I can still grip the ink brush correctly. Imagine somewhere around this planet that ...

Part of the scroll of Emperor Qianlong's Southern Inspection Tour. [Photo/VCG] CANBERRA -- A unique exhibition, the first in Australia, will explore the grand historical sweep of Chinese art and ...