1. ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY ORIGIN PROMINENT CALLIGRAPHERS
DIFFERENT STYLES OF CALLIGRAPHY
DIFFERENT TOOLS USED
QALAM: MOST SACRED TOOL FOR CALLIGRAPHERS
THE MASTER’S HAND
PIECES OF WORK IN CALLIGRAPHY
CALLIGRAPHY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
CONCLUSION

2. INTRODUCTION ARTISTIC PRACTICE OF HANDWRITING AND CALLIGRAPHY
KNOWN IN ARABIC AS KHATT ISLAMI, MEANING ISLAMIC LINE, DESIGN, OR CONSTRUCTION
CHARACTERS ARE SYMBOLIC TO HARMONY, MELODY OR BEAUTY

3. ORIGIN STRONGLY TIED TO THE QUR’AN ORIGINATED IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
SPREAD FROM SYRIA TO EGYPT AND THEN FROM SPAIN TO PERSIA
THEN IT DEVELOPED SLOWLY WITH A SINGLE MERGE OF ASSORTED ART FROM THE BYZANTINES, ROMANS, AND THE PERSIANS

4. PROMINENT CALLIGRAPHERS
THE 4TH CALIPH OF ISLAM, IMAM ALI, IS CONSIDERED AS THE FIRST MAJOR CALLIGRAPHER
OTHER IMPORTANT CALLIGRAPHERS
IBN MUQLA
ALI ADJALLI
SHAYKH HAMDULLAH
HAFIZ OSMAN
SEYYID KASIM GUBARI

5. DIFFERENT STYLES OF CALLIGRAPHY
THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT STYLES OF CALLIGRAPHY
KUFIC- IT IS THE , MOST POPULAR SCRIPT AS IT WAS MOSTLY USED IN THE QUR’AN.
NASKH-THIS SCRIPT IS THE MOST UNIQUE AMONG OTHER STYLES. IT IS USED IN QUR’AN AND IN OFFICIAL DECREES. IT BECAME THE BASIS OF ARABIC SCRIPT
OTHER IMPORTANT STYLES:
MUHAQQAQ
DIWANI
RIQA
TULUT
RIHANI

6. KUFI CALLIGRAPHY
KUFI CALLIGRAPHY

7. NASKH CALLIGRAPHY

8. TOOLS FOR CALLIGRAPHY
CALLIGRPAHY IS TRADITIONALLY WRITTEN WITH A REED PEN. MOST CALLIGRAPHY IS WRITTEN WITH BLACK INK.
CALLIGRAPHY CAN BE WRITTEN ON MANY SURFACES LIKE:
PARCHMENT
PAPER
METAL
CARAMIC
WOOD
STONE
GLASS
LEATHER

9. QALAM: THE MOST SACRED TOOL FOR CALLIGRAPHY
THE CALLIGRAPHER SPENDS A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME EVERYDAY, AND DEVOTING HIS WHOLE LIFE WITH THE QALAM IN HIS HAND.
MOST OF WHAT CALLIGRAPHERS WRITE, IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE QURANIC VERSES.
THE QALAM IS HENCE THE MOST SACRED TOOL FOR A CALLIGRAPHER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CALLIGRAPHERS USES TO KEEP THE SHAVINGS OF THE QALAM.

10. THE MASTER’S HAND
“HOW THE TEACHER HOLDS THE QALAM, HOW HE TURNS IT, AT WHAT POINT HE STARTS A STROKE, WHERE HE PAUSES AND WHERE HE FINISHES IT ARE ALL ASPECTS OF THAT TEACHER- STUDENT RELATIONSHIP”.
THE TEACHING IS ALWAYS DONE IN PERSON
EVERY STUDENT OF CALLIGRAPHY IS TAUGHT WITH THE SAYING “THE HAND OF YOUR MASTER KEEPS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE TO LEARN”
FOR A CALLIGRAPHER IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A VERY HEALTHY HAND

11. PIECES OF ART
THE CONTENT OF A CALLIGRAPHY COMPOSITION VARIES GREATLY AND CAN INCLUDE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
KURANIC VERSES
HADITH OR SAYINGS ABOUT THE PROPHET
POETRY
PROVERBS
COURT DOCUMENTS
STORIES

12. HADITH OR SAYINGS ABOUT THE PROPHET
HADITH OR THE SAYINGS ABOUT THE PROPHET

13. POETRY WRITTEN IN CALLIGRAPHY

14. DOME OF ROCK IN JERUSALEM, PALESTINE

15. IMAM MOSQUE IN IISFAHAN

16. CALLIGRAPHY IN THE WORLD
MOSTLY FOUND IN OTTOMAN AND TURKEY WHO WERE SIGNIFICANT TO ITS IMPROVEMENT
ISTANBUL, THE LONG TERM CAPITAL OF TURKEY, HAS BEEN THE PLACE WHERE THE TRADITION OF CALLIGRAPHY HAS BEEN PRESERVED
VALUABLE OR CREATIVE WORK WAS PRODUCED IN MOSQUES, SCHOOLS, SHOPS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES WHICH ARE STILL ALIVE AND VISIBLE.

17. CONCLUSION
CALLIGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHEST FORMS OF VISUAL ART IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD TODAY
IT’S DEEP RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE QURAN LED THIS HIGHLY INVENTIVE SKILL TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST MAJOR FORMS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION IN ISLAMIC CULTURES

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