Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[5] The development of Islamic calligraphy is strongly tied to the Qur'an , as chapters and verses from the Qur'an are a common and almost universal text upon which Islamic calligraphy is based. Although artistic depictions of people and animals are not explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an, Islamic traditions have often limited figural ...
Thuluth (Arabic: ثُلُث, Ṯuluṯ or Arabic: خَطُّ الثُّلُثِ, Ḵaṭṭ-uṯ-Ṯuluṯ; Persian: ثلث, Sols; Turkish: Sülüs, from thuluth "one-third") is an Arabic script variety of Islamic calligraphy.
Many scholars believe that the alphabet was created around the 4th century CE. [5] The alphabet consists of 28 letters written from right to left. Each letter can be written in four ways, depending on where the letter is placed in a word. These four locations are also known as initial, medial, final and isolated.
Naskh differentiates various sounds through the use of diacritical points, in the form of 1–3 dots above or below the letter, which makes the script more easily legible. [5] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. [ 8 ]
Folio of a Qur'an in Kufic style, ink, color and gold, 11th century, Iran (Surah 92: 1–5) Bifolio of Surat Al-An'am in the " Nurse’s Quran " ( مصحف الحاضنة ), commissioned by a patron named Fatima under the Zirid Dynasty in the early 11th century [ 28 ]
An entrance to the Worship Hall of Xi'an great mosque contains Sini calligraphy on a tasmiya placard. In Chinese mosques, Sini calligraphy is found on a variety of different surfaces including walls, boards and tablets made from stone or wood, and pillars made of concrete or stone, particularly near the mihrab or prayer niche. [1]
Diwani calligraphy by Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi. Diwani is a calligraphic variety of Arabic script, a cursive style developed during the reign of the early Ottoman Turks (16th century - early 17th century).
Calligraphy (from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a visual art related to writing.It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments.