“The artist who, in the shadow of the throne of His Majesty, has become a master of calligraphy is Muhammad Husain of Kashmir ...

[1] The calligraphic tradition, initially growing out of the demand for illuminated Qur'ans, was later used to embellish both religious and secular art in the Islamic world, and often appeared in ...

The painting and calligraphy in Iran, India and Eastern Central Asia were the most important arts of the book in the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The art of the illuminated manuscript was ...

Kuala Perlis-based artist Koay Choon Aun hopes younger generations will continue to appreciate these traditional art forms.

Included are glistening liturgical books, intimate and touching devotional books for private use, books of the Bible, lively histories by Giovanni Boccaccio and Jean Froissart, and a breathtaking ...

“I enjoy drawing and have kept more than 30 books containing collections of my paper-cutting art and Chinese calligraphy since 2014. These books hold memories, including decorations I created during ...