Is Calligraffiti Art? Calligraphy is an ancient writing form that was used to write the Qu’ran and is the basis for the first written alphabet. Graffiti is the art of writing, drawing, or painting on a wall for the public to view. Calligraffiti is the combination of both of these and is also a new term that encompasses the ancient handwriting art of calligraphy with the new age art of graffiti. Calligraffiti is Islamic Graffiti that was created by the Islamic people that usually discusses political
The purpose of this essay will be to examine which writing system is more desirable, semanto-phonetic writing or alphabetical writing. In order to get better understanding in this thesis statement, semanto-phonetic writing and alphabetical writing should be broadly defined. Alphabetic writing systems represent the phonological structure of the language while the symbols used in semanto-phonetic writing systems often represent both sound and meaning. Semanto-phonetic writing is more desirable than
In the works on calligraphy, the character “Shu” can be used as a verb meaning “to write” and as a noun meaning “calligraphy”. They can be interchangeable because of the association between them. The present models for calligraphy used to be exchanges of correspondence or inscriptions on a tablet for recording feudal decrees and regulations or honorable deeds. The main purpose of these inscriptions were not for art appreciation but they achieved certain artistic effect. Calligraphy originally referred
on the application of the concept of shih as it is applied in Chinese aesthetic— base on François Jullien’s comprehensive study of the concept in the aesthetics of calligraphy, painting and literary theory, and also study the articulation and rendering of the concept in the composition of some prominent works of calligraphy, painting, and poem. PART I: The Concept of Shih as applied in military text of Sun Tzu and in Politics The Concept of Shih in Sun-tzu Shih is the defining idea
can be traced back to five thousand years ago. In ancient China, there were evidences to show the early developments of Chinese calligraphy, and painting, from oracle bones to patterns or designs of potteries. Although the development of Chinese poetry seems to be later than the other two, it became indispensable in Chinese culture. In early Chinese history, calligraphy, painting and poetry were usually practiced separately by court people or among the elites. Not until around the 7th century, many
Background: During Ancient China, calligraphy was recognized not only as a way of writing text, but as an art. My artifact is an example of the calligraphy that would be on a bronze vessel seal from the Zhou Dynasty. Calligraphy was used to copy Chinese characters in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The earliest form of calligraphy was done by unknown artisans who would create the art for royal and feudal courts. However, they are no longer treated as true calligraphers. Later on, the calligraphers
well as the use of calligraphy instead of the western custom of figures to represent certain things in art. Calligraphy is very big within Islamic cultures and people spend their entire life trying to master the art form of the seemly unending lines of script and the fluidity of making the text into the art itself rather than an accent to outside art. In the early centuries of the Islamic world artists devoted their entire life to their craft- with architecture and calligraphy equally- so they could
There is also calligraphy which people think
In chapter two of ‘Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader’, Donald Keene discusses Japanese aesthetic elements and primarily refers to Kenkō Tsurezuregusa’s ‘Essays In Idleness’ to portray the elements evident in Japanese aesthetics. Kenkō’s ‘Essays In Idleness’ contain Buddhist beliefs, but the most notable idea that run through his work is the impermanence of life. Within’ his works, there’s also a concern of beauty. The concern of beauty is difficult not to discuss as it’s a central element
beliefs, and traditions of the Islam. Some of the ways the Islamic art has been portrayed is calligraphy as well as interlacing patterns. Islamic art had forbidden depictions of living creatures (Grabar, 1964); therefore pictures were not used due to their staunch faith in worshiping no other gods which were a practice associated with idolatry. Instead, it makes use of other design components such as calligraphy. This theme of art is very important as it was used to write the Quran in script form which
of society, Islamic calligraphy is crucial to its culture because of its role in religion and architecture, and its help in creating unity among Muslims. Calligraphy's function in religion is mainly due to the Muslim forbiddance of the "representation of living beings" (Schimmel, Islamic 11) in art. In architecture calligraphy is used to decorate the interior and exterior of buildings to help remind citizens of the purpose of the architecture: to glorify God. Lastly, calligraphy helps to unite Muslims
Arabic Calligraphy 1. Introduction One of the major components of any culture is the way in which its constituents communicate among themselves. With respect to structure, Arabic calligraphy is considered to be a dynamic and versatile language that is used for the conveyance of form, space, and meaning. The artistic representation of its characters typifies Arabic calligraphy as an “elegant handwriting exhibited by the correct formation of characters, the ordering of various parts and harmony of
attributed to the calligraphy largely developed in the 7th century in response to sociopolitical changes. A little background information, Wang Xizhi lived during a time referred to as China’s Period of Division and this allowed him to cultivate his brush writing skills. Wang Xizhi was successful in all three scripts – running, cursive, and regular. Eugene Wang discusses the afterlife of the artist’s body of work. He also, presents methodologies for analyzing and appreciating Chinese calligraphy, along with
civilizations. This writing of Quran became an art which was named calligraphy. With time calligraphy was done on everything from coins to textiles and ceramics, buildings and scribes. Also, calligraphers became the most honored artist of those times. In the beginning, Muslim calligraphers mainly worked on parchments that were made from the skin of sheep and goats, but as the time passed parchment
Ruitu painted his “Landscape” piece in the early 17th century during the Ming Dynasty. Ruitu was a well-known Chinese artist. He specialized in paintings and calligraphy, which were popular in their respective categories. Art often transcends multiple mediums, and Ruitu is an example of this. Ruitu was one of the first artists to combine calligraphy with painting. His Landscape painting is innovative as it captures the traditional natural style of Chinese landscape paintings alongside the poetic calligraphic
the medium of calligraphy has commonly been ink on paper, contemporary artists continuously stretch and challenge the boundaries this traditional art. Two artists in particular represent such efforts to provide new shape and life to calligraphy: Hassan Massoudy and Mattar bin Lahej. Transforming calligraphy from a static art, Iraqi artist Hassan Massoudy introduces theatrically-inspired form and movement to his letters, while Emirati artist Mattar bin Lahej transitions calligraphy to the third dimension
LA County Museum of Art (LACMA) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, or LACMA as it is commonly known, is among the world’s largest art collections in North America, and to be specific enough the most prevalent artwork in the western United States (Compton 165). This massive art museum has a collection of over 100,000 artworks, which extends from the ancient times to present days (Gilbert and Mills 174). These collections, which are mainly from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin-America and America itself
two types have been either combined together or been used separately. Unlike the figural representation, geometric and vegetal patterns are used almost in everywhere. This essay is a focus on geometric and vegetal patterns. Geometric patterns, calligraphy and vegetal patterns are considered as non-figural decoration. The geometric patterns are not only used to decorate the monumental architecture in Islamic art but also used as the main decorative element to the vast array of all types of decorating
cultural activities. Document six exhibits calligraphy. Calligraphy is used to decorate buildings, mosques, and objects in glory of Allah. Calligraphy is used to represent the word of God in different ways other than letters to show that Allah is the creator of all. It is also used to reduce the amount of art to avoid the idolatry of pictures that are meant to worship Allah. Today, cursive may have been created from the elegant writing of calligraphy. In calligraphy, words can be used to become pictures
corrected. When an artist writes something with calligraphy, what he writes is not always as important as how the figures look on paper. Sometimes they will even be unrecognizable, but it's not considered wrong if the artist thought it would improve the project. For ten to fifteen years, an artist must be an apprentice to a classic Chinese calligrapher, and then work on developing a style of his own. There are three basic categories in calligraphy, regular, running, and grass tyles. Regular is elaborate