The “calligraphic” has retained a significant place in the language of modernist art since Roger Fry first introduced the term to Western readers in 1918. The dialogue between Asian calligraphy and the modern, moreover, has remained a subject of lively interest up until the present, as a recent Guggenheim show revealed. H. Christopher Luce will make a new contribution to this enduring field of inquiry, offering fresh ways of viewing the ancient and the modern.