A Norwin instructional aide who has mastered the art of calligraphy — an elegant handwriting style practiced centuries ago in China, Greece, Rome and Egypt — is sharing her expertise with today’s ...

If you were to draw a timeline of human civilization, you would probably place calligraphy towards the beginning, and robots towards the end. But earlier this month, both ends of the spectrum ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop in Greece, revealing a trove of unfinished projects and other curiosities. The project was announced by Greece's Ministry of Culture in a Facebook ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side that hardly finds its way into textbooks. Under the neat image is a world ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...

Installed at eye level on a pedestal at the bustling entrance to a gallery of elaborately decorated arts of the Islamic world at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an exquisite 10th-century Iranian ...