The Lotus Sutra (chapters 20-23) shows an unusual variation in the thickness of the lines in an attempt to write Chinese script that mimics the fluidity of Sanskrit. The 12th-century hand scroll is on ...

In an immersive and transporting new exhibition, three key areas of Japanese art are brought together and praised Japanese art has a notably complicated relationship with perfection. The cultural ...

136 x 34.4 cm. (53.5 x 13.5 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Rethinking mortality : notes toward an apprehensive method -- Dying to move : calligraphic performance, gestural texture, and textual ethics -- Sickness, illegibility, and the spectacle of lethal ...