Calligraphy (from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of...
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Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of their literary meaning. This...
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Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of penmanship and calligraphy, in the languages which use the Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from...
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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...
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Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic...
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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)...
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Persian calligraphy or Iranian calligraphy (Persian: خوشنِویسیِ ایرانی, romanized: Xošnevisi-ye Irani) is the calligraphy of the Persian language. It...
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suiteki; Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: shuǐdī) is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy as a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to...
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Vietnamese calligraphy (Vietnamese alphabet: Thư pháp Việt Nam, chữ Hán: 書法越南) relates to the calligraphic traditions of Vietnam. It includes calligraphic works...
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Clerical script (redirect from Official script calligraphy)
script is preserved as a calligraphic practice. In Chinese calligraphy, the term clerical often refers to a specific calligraphic style that is typical of...
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Hitsuzendō (redirect from Zen calligraphy)
Zen calligraphy to which the rating system of modern calligraphy (well-proportioned and pleasing to the eye) is foreign. Instead, the calligraphy of Hitsuzendo...
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"Cooperative Calligraphy" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community, and the 33rd episode of the series...
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Bloodlined Calligraphy is an American metalcore band. Hailing from Ypsilanti, Michigan, the band started making music in 1996 under the name Friction...
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Tolkien's artwork (section Calligraphy)
fantasy books, facsimile artefacts, more or less "picturesque" maps, calligraphy, and sketches and paintings from life. Some of his artworks combined...
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Tibetan calligraphy is the calligraphic tradition of writing the Tibetan language. As in other parts of East Asia, nobles, high lamas, and persons of...
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Korean calligraphy, also known as Seoye (Korean: 서예), is the Korean tradition of artistic writing. Calligraphy in Korean culture involves both Hanja (Chinese...
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Singapore Calligraphy Centre, also known as 48 Waterloo Street, is a bungalow on Waterloo Street in downtown Singapore which currently houses the Chinese...
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Ottoman Turks (section Calligraphy)
for Ottoman calligraphy, focusing on the Nesih version of the script, which became the standard for copying the Quran (see Islamic calligraphy). The next...
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The art of Turkish calligraphy dates back to the seventh century. The Ottoman Turks migrated from Central Asia to establish an empire in Anatolia by 1299...
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is the role played by calligraphy in Azerbaijani literature and visual arts. In the Middle Ages, various examples of calligraphy were used in the writing...
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Georgian calligraphy (Georgian: ქართული კალიგრაფია, romanized: kartuli k'aligrapia) is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing of the Georgian language...
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Mongolian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy or artistic writing of the Mongolian language. Although Mongolia uses the Cyrillic script which was adopted...
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Indian calligraphy is the Indian tradition of calligraphy. The art form has served multiple purposes since its inception in the second century BCE, including...
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Kufic (redirect from Kufic calligraphy)
period used a variety of methods to transcribe Quran manuscripts. Arabic calligraphy became one of the most important branches of Islamic Art. Calligraphers...
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Terrible, Vyaz developed considerably, but was later abandoned. Serbian calligraphy Examples of the Russian Vyaz: [1], [2] Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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spread of the metallic quill. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, calligraphy experienced a new-found resurgence due to its use in advertising, magazine...
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Exhibition of Calligraphy (Russian: Междунаро́дная вы́ставка каллигра́фии) is a project organized by Contemporary museum of calligraphy, with the support...
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Ronde script (redirect from Ronde script (calligraphy))
111 font. Writing portal Asemic writing Bastarda Blackletter Book hand Calligraphy Chancery hand Court hand (also known as common law hand, Anglicana, cursiva...
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of 19 artists with six family members and four staff returning from a calligraphy exhibition of their work in Kuala Lumpur; 38 passengers were Malaysian...
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Serbian calligraphy (Serbian: краснопис/krasnopis, калиграфија/kaligrafija) is a form of calligraphy based on the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian...
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