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Islamic Calligraphy
- 1. The Art of Arabic Calligraphy
- 2. How Writing Became an Art Form: The Revelation of the Qur’an as an inspiration To glorify the words of God – visually as in recitation The discouragement of representing human figures
- 3. Development of Arabic Script: As a writing system, Arabic appeared in early 5 th Century. The revelation of Islam had a major impact on the development of Arabic language & Script.
- 5. Calligraphy Applications: To Glorify & Beautify God’s words As a form of worship As a spiritual activity Artistic Decoration Identity
- 6. Tughra’ was used by the Ottoman sultans as their signature. It was supposed to be impossible to imitate. Basmallah in Tughra’ style Signature of an Ottoman Sultan
- 7. See a tughra (tugra) in action http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Tugra_Mahmuds_II.gif
- 8. Pictorial Calligraphy: words are manipulated and structured into the shape of a human figure, a bird, an animal or an object. Prayer in a form of a human figure “ I testify that there is no god, but God and Muhammad is a messenger of God" Prayer in a form of a Lion “ Ali bin abi Talib, the victorious lion of God, may God be pleased with him"
- 9. Calligraphy in the shape of a mosque
- 10. Love & Peace by Fayeq Oweis, 2003
- 11. Arabic Calligraphy in Mosques Minbar & Mihrab - Mosque of University of Jordan The Dome of the Rock
- 12. Dome of the Rock
- 14. Now you get to try your hand at calligraphy…