Calligraphic Line

Graceful, flowing line

According to Stanley-Baker : "Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion that is registered as

traces on silk or paper, with time and rhythm in shifting space its main ingredients".

• Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and bookmaking in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. This art form is based on the Arabic script, which for a long time was used by all Muslims in their respective languages. They used it to represent God because they denied representing God with images. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the preservation of the Qur'an. Suspicion of figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract depictions becoming a major form of artistic expression in Islamic cultures, especially in religious contexts. The work of calligraphers was collected and appreciated.Adapted from Wickipedia

Islamic calligraphy primarily from Turkey and Iran

Illumination

Midevil time period - Christian illumination

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• East Asian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practised and revered in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The East Asian calligraphic tradition originated and developed from China. East Asian calligraphy and ink and wash painting are closely related, since accomplished using similar tools and techniques. Chinese painting and calligraphy distinguishes themselves from onther culture's arts by their emphasis on motion, and their charge with dynamic life. Adapted from Wickipedia

Chinese writing

Calligraphic style of drawing

Chinese prints

Chinese Midevil Christianbrushwork art

Japanese drawings

Fillipo Brunelleschi 1377-1446

Discover of linear perspective

Early Renaissance

Leonardo

da Vinci

High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa 1506

High Renaissance , ITALY

Leonardo

da Vinci High Renaissance

Leonardo

da Vinci High Renaissance

Vincent Van Gogh

Post Impressionist

Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory 1931 Surrealism

Surrealism 1924-1930’sSalvador Dali (Spanish)

Reminiscence Archeologiquete

Galatea of the Spheres 1952

The Persistance of Memory 1931

Landscape with Butterflies

Kathe Kallowitz Expressionism

Kathe Kallowitz Expressionism

Kathe Kallowitz Expressionism

M C Escher Hand with Globe, 1935

OP art (optical illusion art)

MC Escher Op art

MC Escher Op art

Albrecht Durer

Graffiti style drawing

Kara Walker - contemporary artist