Another sample stunning art using Islamic verse written in beautiful Arabic calligraphy and beautiful....
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
calligraphy art Qur'an Verses
Another sample stunning art using Islamic verse written in beautiful Arabic calligraphy and beautiful....
Arabic calligraphy forms canary
I've long been interested in the tradition of Arabic calligraphic art. We don't see much of it here in the west, so we enjoyed popping into galleries in Istanbul and seeing so many examples. As a new writer who is a little bit obsessed with perfecting his own penmanship, E was particularly engrossed in these pictures made out of words.
Arabic calligraphy colorful design
Arabic calligraphy is a genuine Arabic and Islamic art form and it links the literary heritage of the Arabic language with the religion of Islam. It is an artistic tradition of extraordinary beauty, richness and power. Calligraphy means "beautiful handwriting," and in Arabic it also means "the geometry of the spirit."
Arabic calligraphy bird Jila Peacock
The images of living
creatures fashioned by Jila Peacock from Persian poetry fall naturally
into a long and distinguished tradition within Islamic art. Unlike many
such traditions of that art, this one is still full of vitality in our
own day, and has shown an impressive capacity to regenerate itself.
Indeed, it could well be argued that the art of beautiful writing – for
that is what “calligraphy” means – has, alone of the major Islamic
visual arts, continued its creative evolution without a break from the
first Islamic century until the present day. In other words, it has
been less subject to failing inspiration or to the dominance of ideas
from outside the Islamic world than have all its sister arts, from
architecture to painting, from pottery to carpets. If any one art can
claim to evoke the essential character of the Islamic world, in
medieval as in modern times, this is it...
calligraphy design people were praying
"This new mode was not a matter of script metamorphosing into living
forms which are also readable letters, but of using script to delineate
such forms. Seldom had the flexibility of the Arabic alphabet been so
tested.
This practice established itself only relatively late in
Islamic art, when the taboos outlawing religious iconography had lost
some of their power.
[Zoomorphic calligraphy] developed [..] in Ottoman Turkey, India and Qajar Iran [and] was known as early as 1458."
Arabic calligraphy heart Conditioning
Calligraphy Wallpaper wallpaper This is a combination of Windows XP Arabic calligraphy and art. I use a blue background and match the color of calligraphy. It's Nice to make us fresh eyes after seeing it. Just click here to use the wallpaper on your desktop ...
Arabic Calligraphy Fishpond
A visit to my village in Java I was very interesting. There is a small pond in front of my sweet home. I just took the picture, hmm ... instead I got a beautiful picture a small pond complete with a small fish. Combining with calligraphy make great wallpaper, just click here if you want to use it on your desktop. Happy nice day you ...
Quranic Calligraphy Arabic Art
You can use this Quranic Calligraphy Arabic Art photo for almost everything such as : Advertisements in newspapers, magazine, or other printed material, Web and digital advertisements, Printed promotional projects including product packaging, catalogues, brochures, promotional greeting cards, promotional postcards and promotional posters, Corporate film and video presentations, Commercial film, motion pictures, movies or theatrical presentations, Books and book covers, CD & DVD covers, Editorial purposes: printed magazines, newspapers, editorials, newsletters, Online or electronic publications or uses, including web pages and templates, Prints, posters, stationery items and other reproductions for personal or business use, calendars, mugs, mousepads, t-shirts, games, etc. Web Templates for resale on websites, brochures, business cards, e-greeting cards, etc. you can use my photos in any logo or trademark. read more at my License and Copyright page...
lettered calligraphy design
Finally let me show you a modern script that can be found on contemporary buildings. This example below is a piece from a long text that goes all around the House of Koran. Note the geometric simplicity of the script...
zoomorphic calligraphy
This style is my personal favorite because I'm an animal lover. It's called zoomorphic calligraphy and some believe it's developed because of the restriction of illustrating living beings according to muslim traditions.
The example below is a highly popular style where carefully layed out miniature text makes up a bigger sentence. Both the small and big text are related and usually verses from the Koran...
Arabic calligraphy
I'm fascinated by the look of the Arabic script. It's out of this world. If Spielberg would have invented a writing for a new planet it may have been similar in looks to the Arabic script.
I think Arabic calligraphy is a form of art that has superseeded any other culture in its category. It's highly complex and has many layers of meaning.
I won't to go into details. You start doing that here if you wish. Allow me to just touch upon the subject and show you a few interesting examples...
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