An ongoing show at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing provides a rare chance to see the history of Chinese calligraphy through the eyes of Qi Gong (1912-2005), who was best known as a calligrapher ...

This photo show “Two Calligraphy of Poetry” by Yang Weizhen from the Yuan dynasty. It is part of the $12 million Chinese calligraphy gift to University of Michigan Museum of Art from the Lo ...

Some of the rubbings also show pictorial designs carved on stones to complement the writing. The study and appreciation of the calligraphy inscribed on archaic tablets gained momentum in the ...

Traditionally, Chinese calligraphy is written only in black ink, ... A stone or ceramic inkstone is used to grind the solid inkstick into liquid ink and to contain the ink once it is liquid.

There are also different scripts in Chinese calligraphy. The earliest was the seal script, which was originally for carving seal stones. It was followed by the official script that flourished in ...

THE launch of the Malaysia Chinese Calligraphy stones gallery at Nirvana Memorial Garden in Semenyih was an auspicious occasion with ceremonial recitals being immortalised in 138 stone slabs.