This painting on a wooden panel shows scenes from the Central Asian story of the Silk Princess. According to this legend, a Chinese princess smuggled the secret of how to make silk out of China and ...

This painting on a wooden panel shows scenes from the Central Asian story of the Silk Princess. According to this legend, a Chinese princess smuggled the secret of how to make silk out of China and ...

Neil MacGregor's history of humanity as told through objects travels the Silk Road to Western China and the story of silk. Show more Throughout this week, Neil MacGregor has been exploring the world ...

Yu Xinxin works on a Shu painting work at her company in Nanchong, Sichuan province. YANG BO/FOR CHINA DAILY In a workshop with a faint scent of dyes lingering in the air, Yu Xinxin holds a brush in ...

"Hongbin silk painting is a craftsmanship using cotton to express art," said Yuan Hongbin, an inheritor of the age-old craft who has been working in this industry for nearly 40 years. Hongbin silk ...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Brecksville Center for the Arts is offering a unique class on silk painting taught by Gunter Schwegler. The workshop will take place on from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July ...

ARCATA — Silk paintings by Amanita Mollier are on display this month at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center on South G Street. Mollier hand paints on silk fabric with brushes, using traditional silk ...

CHANGSHA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts have discovered for the first time multiple instances of overpainting on the T-shaped painting on silk from the tomb of Lady Xin Zhui, a 2,200-year-old ...

CHANGSHA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese experts have discovered for the first time multiple instances of overpainting on the T-shaped painting on silk from the tomb of Lady Xin Zhui, a 2,200-year-old ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Silk princess painting (made eighth century AD), from Chinese central Asia Once upon a time, in ...

The female curves are vividly expressed in a series of lacquer and silk paintings at the "Ve Phai Dep" (Painting Women) show in Hanoi. The exhibition, taking place Nov. 1-7 in the art gallery at 29 ...