Arabic Calligraphy
アラビア書道 / 7th century– / Style / Calligraphic Traditions
The tradition that holds writing as the highest art — from Kufic to Thuluth, refining an architecture of line within the tension of canon and hand.
Architectural letterforms / Canonical scripts / Breathing thick-and-thin / Composition united with ornament
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- Ibn Muqla's proportional theory / the Six Scripts / the tughra and official documents