use of fonts and thickness of brush strokes. Wang added that this feature distinguishes calligraphy as a uniquely Chinese art form, with few direct analogues in other cultures. “When we see ...

Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink ... Each brush shaft is decorated with Chinese characters and features ...

By using the snowfield as paper and the snowboards as a combined brush, they expressed ... To write the Chinese character "Good" in a smooth and fluent font through skiing requires great skill.

A new book from Laurence King delves deep into the rich typographic history of script fonts ... elegance. Brush scripts have their origins in Asia, where calligraphy was executed with a brush ...

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 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 ...

By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese ... calligraphy. Why not get back in touch with my heritage? I thought. You must visualize the word as it is to be written before putting ...

Work by Chinese brush artist and calligrapher Gail Threinen is featured at the Lake Travis Community Library through May 29. Threinen’s works include famous Chinese poetry and inspirational ...

as do Chinese characters, the directions of the creative brush, so that handwriting might have been in itself a worthy and highly esteemed art. FROM the very beginning of Oriental calligraphy ...

The Halcyon Art Gallery in Terre Haute currently features “Chinese Calligraphy and Brush Work Collections” from several well-respected calligraphists and brush painters who are living ...