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