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Arabic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy based on the Arabic alphabet. It is known in Arabic as khatt (Arabic: خَطّ), derived from the words 'line', 'design', or 'construction'. [1][2] Kufic is the oldest form of the Arabic script. From an artistic point of view, Arabic calligraphy has been known and ...
The name Nastaliq "is a contraction of the Persian naskh-i ta'liq (Persian: نَسْخِ تَعلیق), meaning a hanging or suspended naskh. " [6] Virtually all Safavid authors (like Dust Muhammad or Qadi Ahmad) attributed the invention of nastaliq to Mir Ali Tabrizi, who lived at the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century.
Mawlid al-Barzanjī. Calligraphy of the title adorning the cover of a recently released Arabic-English edition of Mawlid al-Barzanji in the UK. Mawlid al-Barzanjī (Arabic: مَولِد الْبَرزَنجِي) is the popular name of a popular written verse in praise of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Jaʿfar b. Ḥasan al-Barzanjī.
Japanese calligraphy (書道, shodō), also called shūji (習字), is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. Written Japanese was originally based on Chinese characters only, but the advent of the hiragana and katakana Japanese syllabaries resulted in intrinsically Japanese calligraphy styles.
Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. [1] Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ...
Pink's 13-year-old daughter Willow Sage Hart helped deliver a strong acapella performance of 2017's "What About Us" ahead of Kamala Harris' speech.
Islamic calligraphy is associated with geometric Islamic art (Arabesque) on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the page or other materials. Contemporary artists in the Islamic world may draw on the heritage of calligraphy to create modern calligraphic inscriptions, like corporate logos, or abstractions.
Lyela Sayarath was in her second period Algebra 1 class in Winder, Georgia, Wednesday morning when the quiet boy sitting next to her got up and left the class, the door closing and automatically ...