Calligraphy
This entry consists of the following articles:
An Overview
Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy
Hebrew Micrography
Islamic Calligraphy
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KARACHI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Ismail Gulgee, Pakistan's most
prominent artist, was found murdered on Wednesday along with
his wife and a maid in their Karachi home, police said. He was
81. They said...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - After a career as a high profile graffiti
artist, the self-styled "King of Kowloon," Tsang Tsou-choi, was laid
to rest at a private ceremony after his fami...
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A French translator in Shizuoka Prefecture played an important
role in helping Naomi Kawase's ''Mogari no Mori'' (The Mourning
Forest) to win Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
...
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A Quran written in 1203, believed to be the oldest known complete copy, has sold for more than $2.3 million at an auction.The holy book, which had been estimated to sell for up to $715,000, fetched...
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A tall wooden pole with carved ducks atop greets visitors to the new Korea Gallery at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.It's known as a sotdae, an ancient Korean tradition, still...
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Tokyo (dpa) - Japanese people are still hungry for tests despite
all the years they spend cramming for school entrance examinations.
Nowadays, people of all ages are...
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As she looked at the Emancipation Proclamation, Catherine Jewell-Gill recalled her days of picking cotton in Arkansas as a child and later becoming a teacher and principal.Jewell-Gill was among mor...
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Calligraphy
Pakistani artist Gulgee found murdered in his home
