Painting by Atif Ali Islamic ... of classical calligraphy and modern calligraphy. Modern calligraphy ranges from functional hand-lettered inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where ...

UAE-based Pakistani visual artist Sadia Fahad blends Arabic calligraphy and abstract expression. She has developed a personal ...

The art of the Islamic world reflects its cultural values, and reveals the way Muslims view the spiritual realm and the universe. For the Muslim, reality begins with and centers on Allah.

By the 1980s, their art had a name — the hurufiyya or letter movement. Solo and group exhibitions of this contemporary Islamic calligraphy ... on the universality of Allah, the equality of ...

Not only is it used to commemorate the dead, calligraphy has become synonymous with Islamic art, with the cursive ... known as the “six pens”, which modern day calligraphers master during ...

calligraphy and books. Professor Blair teaches about all aspects of Islamic art from the seventh century to modern times. She offers surveys on Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism, as well as ...

The Pakistani-born artist says art has always been a "ticket to life," but what distinguishes Sikander's art from her contemporaries is her training in a centuries-old handmade form of Islamic art ...

They used calligraphy to write books and decorate them with colourful illustrations, turning each page into a work of art. Islamic calligraphy emerged with the spread of Islam in the 7th Century.

Promotion of the modern ... Islamic calligraphy on wood. "Calligraphy on paper is a difficult job in itself but on wood it takes all the more time and effort. It takes me months to create one art ...

The art of the Islamic world reflects its cultural values, and reveals the way Muslims view the spiritual realm and the universe. For the Muslim, reality begins with and centers on Allah.