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The Hurufiyya movement (Arabic: حروفية ḥurūfiyyah adjectival form ḥurūfī, 'of letters' of the alphabet) is an aesthetic movement that emerged in the second half of the twentieth century amongst artists from Muslim countries, who used their understanding of traditional Islamic calligraphy within the precepts of modern art.
The traditional instrument of the Islamic calligrapher is the qalam, a pen normally made of dried reed or bamboo. The ink is often in colour and chosen so that its intensity can vary greatly, creating dynamism and movement in the letter forms. Some styles are often written using a metallic-tip pen.
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi (Urdu: سیّد صادِقَین احمد نقوی) TI PP SI NI (30 June 1930 – 10 February 1987), and often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a historical Pakistani artist and poet best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan ...
After independence in 1947, there were only two major art schools in Pakistan - the Mayo School of Art and the Department of Fine Arts at the Punjab University. [2] Early pioneers of Pakistani art include Abdur Rahman Chughtai who painted with Mughal and Islamic styles, [2] and Ahmed Parvez who was among the early modernists of Pakistan.
Traditional designs were outlined with paint and filled with bright and beautiful colours. After they dried they were varnished with shellac. A traditional swing called Pingho or Hindoro, traditional wooden beds Khats , sofas, chairs, vases, utensils and lamps are some of the famous items made in Jandri art.
A Pakistani rug (Urdu: پاکستانی قالین, romanized: Pakistani Qaleen), also known as Pakistani carpet (Urdu: پاکستانی فرش, romanized: Pakistani Farsh), is a type of handmade floor-covering heavy textile traditionally made in Pakistan and is used for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes.
Hyderabadis, as residents of the city are known, may be either Urdu or Telugu speaking. [7] The traditional Hyderabadi garb is Sherwani Kurta Paijama, and Lungi for men, [8] Sarees, Khara Dupatta and Salwar kameez for women. [9] [10] Burqa and Hijab is commonly practised among the Muslim women in public. [11] Most of the youth wear western ...
Faruqi is noted for ushering in modernism into Urdu literature through his works. [3] He formulated fresh models of literary appreciation while Observing western principles of literary criticism, and subsequently applied them to Urdu literature after adapting them to address literary aesthetics native to Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.