On Today
World Calligraphy Day
Date
11 August 2021
History
Calligraphy has been around for the longest time and has been a significant art form that marks essential points in history. The Chinese,the Indians, the Egyptians, the Islamics, and ancient Western civilizations all have different styles formed from their cultures because calligraphy is the combination of visual art with writing. For instance, much of Western civilizations calligraphy came from its practice in Latin because of how it was taught and read in religious churches. The same goes for the Islamics, using the Koran and religious texts to create art. Because it has been around for hundreds of years, calligraphy continues to be a kind of art form that helps aid and transforms today’s media.
Meaning
Calligraphy is the art of forming beautiful symbols by hand and arranging them well.
It’s a set of skills and techniques for positioning and inscribing words so they show integrity, harmony, some sort of ancestry, rhythm and creative fire.
º Symbol here means a mark which has a specific agreed-upon meaning in a language, like a letter of the alphabet, a numeral or a word.
º Integrity of a letter or other symbol means admirable proportions and form.
º Harmony describes a pleasing relationship between different visual elements in a piece of calligraphy: parts of a letter, letters, words, the whole text and surrounding space.
º Ancestry refers to the heritage of letter-shapes, materials and techniques which calligraphers use.
º Rhythm means the calligrapher's deliberate repetition and variation of marks and spaces to create feelings of pattern and emphasis when you look at the work.
Activities
= Learn calligraphy
= Discover your own style
= Learn about the first script of Ramayan and Bible
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Final Conclusion
“Calligraphy is not just about decorated text, nor is it only about the use of letters as ornaments. It's more than that.”
Any form of art has to be respected and appreciated.
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