Islamic calligraphy excelled due to the forms of Arabic letters, composed of dots, lines and curves. These attributes give the artist a freedom to create.

Islamic calligraphy dates from that same period, but it turned plain Arabic script into a sacred art enshrining the words first of the Qur’an, ... He quotes with great appreciation a phrase coined by ...

NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 – Islamic art scholars Oleg Grabar, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, engaged in a ...

BERKELEY — Given her family history, Salma Arastu may be one of the last people you’d expect to be helping to modernize Islamic calligraphy. Her Hindu parents fled their home in Pakistan ...

Islamic calligraphy is spiritually inspiring for local Muslims like Hisham and for millions of Muslims all over the world. last updated: 09/09/2008 at 19:39 created: 19/12/2006.

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice and its companion exhibition, Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

Calligraphy, historically used for the means of preservation of Quranic text, is one of the most revered forms of Islamic art. Practiced in Pakistan for years, artistic geniuses like Sadequain ...

While Syed still works in the traditional way, with pen and ink, she also takes the essence of Islamic calligraphy into different contexts. In 2016, she was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare ...

RAWALPINDI: A joint exhibition displaying works of Islamic calligraphy was organised at the Punjab Arts Council (PAC). More than 80 works of calligraphy were featured as part of the show.

Islamic calligraphy, ornamentation on showcase. The 33rd Doha International Book Fair (DIBF) is adorned with over 65 creative works in the Islamic Calligraphy and Arabic Art Gallery, ...