Islamic Calligraphy

Name: Islamic Calligraphy
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
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Sheila S. Blair(Autor*in)

Edinburgh University Press

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Erschienen am 19. Januar 2020

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Intro
Contents
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Preface
PART I INTRODUCTION
Chapter One Arabic Script: Its Role and Principles
The importance of writing in Islamic culture
Principles of Arabic script
The Koranic text
Chapter Two Materials
Supports
Special papers
Pens and pen cases
Ink and inkwells
PART II THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARABIC SCRIPT IN EARLY ISLAMIC TIMES
Chapter Three The Standardization of Arabic Script
The origins of Arabic script
The development of Arabic script in the seventh century
The evolution of a calligraphic style
Chapter Four Early Manuscripts of the Koran
Physical characteristics
Methodologies for dating
Considerations for further study
Chapter Five The Adoption of Round Scripts
PART III THE PRE-EMINENCE OF ROUND SCRIPTS IN THE EARLY MIDDLE PERIOD
Chapter Five The Adoption of Round Scripts
Round book script
The canonization of broken cursive
Broken cursive and Ibn Muqla
The standardization of round scripts under Ibn al-Bawwab
What caused the canonization of round scripts?
Chapter Six The Proliferation of Round Scripts
The stylization of broken cursive
Other round scripts
Toward a codification of round scripts
Pairs of text scripts
Maghribi script
PART IV THE EMERGENCE OF REGIONAL STYLES IN THE LATER MIDDLE PERIOD
Chapter Seven Calligraphy in Iran and its Environ sunder the Mongols and Turkomans
The Six Pens under the Ilkhanids and Jalayirids
The Six Pens under the Timurids and Turkomans
The hanging scripts
Chapter Eight Rectilinear and Curvilinear Scripts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks
Rectilinear scripts
Curvilinear scripts
Hybrid scripts
Chapter Nine Other Styles and Centers
Anatolia
India
The Maghrib
PART V DYNASTIC STYLES IN THE AGE OF EMPIRES
Chapter Ten The Safavids, the Qajars, and their Contemporaries in Iran and Central Asia
Refinement of the Six Pens
Refinement of the hanging scripts
Pictorial writing
Chapter Eleven The Ottomans in Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean
The canonization of naskh as text script
The canonization of thuluth as display script
The hanging scripts
Chapter Twelve Other Styles and Centers
The Mughals and their contemporaries in India
The Indian Ocean
The Maghrib
Sub-Saharan Africa
PART VI THE MANY FACES OF ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY IN MODERN TIMES
Chapter Thirteen From Traditional Styles to Graphic Design and Calligraphic Art
Traditional styles
Printing, typography, and computer graphics
Calligraphic art
Bibliography
Copyright Acknowledgments
Index

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