Bridgeman Arts
The Seven Wise Princesses in Safavid Adoption
The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic is a prose translation of Sufi poet Nizami's twelfth-century classic, ""Haft Paykar"". An lengthy text (nearly one hundred pages) suitable for preteens and up with advanced reading...
Bridgeman Arts
Safavid Splendour
Named after Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (1252 - 1334), a leader of a sufi Order from Ardabil, the Iranian region reached a new cultural period of splendor under the rule of the Safavid dynasty. In Tabriz, in Herat and in Isfahan,...
Bloomberg
Inside China Huarong’s Race to Prevent a Debt Disaster
May.23 -- The continuing silence from Chinese authorities on China Huarong Asset Management Co.’s plans to clean up its balance sheet is rattling local investors. Bloomberg’s Big Take looks at how handling the of Huarong will test...
Sky News
General Election 1997 - Paddy Ashdown Meets Community in Christchurch
General Election 1997 - Paddy Ashdown Meets Community in Christchurch
Bridgeman Arts
Noble Hunting at Safavid Court
Named after Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (1252 - 1334), a leader of a sufi Order from Ardabil, the Iranian region reached a new cultural period of splendor under the rule of the Safavid dynasty. In Tabriz, in Herat and in Isfahan,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Robot artist learns masters' brush strokes
CLEAN: Robot artist learns masters' brush strokes
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Character building: Taiwan's presidential calligraphers
Deep in the high ceilinged corridors of Taiwan's presidential office calligraphers craft messages on behalf of the island's leaders as they seek to keep the traditional art alive
Bridgeman Arts
Wazir Khan Mosque - Inside
Details of calligraphy artwork and decorations from inside the Wazir Khan's mosque in Lahore
Bridgeman Arts
Wazir Khan Mosque - Inside 1
Details of calligraphy artwork and decorations from inside the Wazir Khan's mosque in Lahore. Colour corrected.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Coran de seda para preservar patrimonio cultural en Afganistan
En Afganistan los creadores de un Coran de seda con sus 610 paginas pintadas a mano esperan que sirva para apoyar el arte de la caligrafia plurisecular pero amenazado
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Coran de seda para preservar el arte de la caligrafia
En Afganistan los creadores de un Coran de seda con sus 610 paginas pintadas a mano esperan que sirva para apoyar el arte de la caligrafia plurisecular pero amenazado
Bridgeman Arts
Timurid Miniatures Part II
By bringing craftsmen from different conquered lands to his capital in Samarqand, Timur initiated one of the most brilliant periods in Islamic art. Timurid art and architecture provided inspiration to lands stretching from Anatolia to...
Bridgeman Arts
Timurid Miniatures Part I
By bringing craftsmen from different conquered lands to his capital in Samarqand, Timur initiated one of the most brilliant periods in Islamic art. Timurid art and architecture provided inspiration to lands stretching from Anatolia to...
Princeton University
Princeton University Art Musuem: Koetsu Scroll
From the Princeton University Art Museum, this interactive web-site let's viewers examine the Koetsu Scroll, a masterpiece of Japanese painting, calligraphy and poetry.
Princeton University
Princeton University Art Museum: Chinese Calligraphy
This is a series of demonstration videos and an explanantion of Chinese calligraphy which show how various styles are executed from two different vantage points.