Islamic calligraphy

The Islamic calligraphy is an aspect of Islamic art, which has evolved from the Arabic script closely related to Islam. It is due to the prohibition of images in Islam, the traditional visual arts in the Islamic world. With the square Kufic and cursive font Nashi developed early two styles.

Fonts

The six styles of writing (Arabic الأقلام الستة ) form a canon of six cursive Arabic fonts, which was defined in the 10th century by the calligrapher Ibn Muqla, a vizier in Baghdad. These are the following styles:

Theory of proportion

Tughra of Mahmud II

Famous Calligraphers

  • Alireza Abbassi
  • Ibn al - Bawwab ( Bawwab ), died in 1022
  • Ibn Muqla, died 939
  • Hamdullah al - Amasi ( Hamdullah al - amasi ), died in 1520
  • Mir Emad Ghazvini, died in 1615
  • Mohammad Reza Emami
  • Yaqut al - Mustasimi ( Yaqut al - Musta ʿ SIMI ), died in 1298
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